ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 189838
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| Date: | Sunday 4 September 2016 |
| Time: | 04:35 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9241J |
| MSN: | 28-3315 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3975 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A3A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sandoval County, west of Cuba, NM -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Levelland, TX (LLN) |
| Farmington, NM (FMN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot and passenger departed on a night cross-country flight using flight following. About 2 hours after departure, the engine suddenly lost partial power. The pilot checked the engine gauges, which were all in the green, and advised air traffic control (ATC) of the loss of engine power. The pilot switched fuel tanks, then activated the carburetor heat. He tried switching magnetos and enriching the mixture for “a few seconds.” He then leaned the mixture again and “deactivated the carb heat,” all with no changes observed in engine power. The pilot declared an emergency with ATC and used his tablet computer’s navigation application to align the airplane over a road. Upon touchdown, the airplane’s wing impacted a guardrail, and the airplane subsequently nosed over. Although weather conditions at the nearest weather reporting facility about 50 miles from the accident site were conducive to the accumulation of serious carburetor icing at cruise power, the investigation could not determine whether the loss of power was a result of carburetor ice, and no postaccident examination of the engine was conducted to rule out other causes.
Probable Cause: A partial loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on available information.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Sep-2016 21:28 | Geno | Added |
| 06-Sep-2016 22:26 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 19-Aug-2017 09:44 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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