ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 196102
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| Date: | Sunday 11 June 2017 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: |  Cirrus SR22 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N592BC |
| MSN: | 1519 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2065 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-550 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bartow, Polk County, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Gainesville-J R Alison Municipal Airport, FL (GNV/KGNV) |
| Bartow Airport, FL (BOW/KBOW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot stated that he had "disoriented" himself by holding the airport diagram "upside down" as the airplane approached the destination airport. Once oriented, he turned the airplane onto the downwind leg of the traffic pattern, noticed the airplane was "high," and disconnected the autopilot. During the final approach, the airplane was descending rapidly, and the pilot added power to complete the landing. However, nothing happened because he had not properly set the mixture control, which resulted in a loss of engine power once he advanced the throttle. With little time and altitude remaining, the pilot was unable to regain engine power before the airplane struck the ground about 1/2 mile from the runway threshold. A postaccident test-run and examination of the engine revealed no evidence of any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to properly configure the mixture control for landing due to disorientation because he had the airport diagram upside down, which resulted in a total loss of engine power.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N592BC
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Photo: FAA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jun-2017 19:38 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 11-Jun-2017 19:52 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Photo, ] |
| 11-Jun-2017 19:53 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source] |
| 11-Jun-2017 20:23 | Geno | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jun-2017 06:27 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2019 12:35 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 10-Apr-2019 12:44 | harro | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Photo] |
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