ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 38422
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| Date: | Monday 18 October 1999 |
| Time: | 10:10 LT |
| Type: |  Rutan VariEze |
| Owner/operator: | John B. Cannon |
| Registration: | N13WM |
| MSN: | 218 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-B1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Quemado, NM -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | St. Johns, AZ (KSJN) |
| Albuquerque, NM | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While visiting a repair facility in California to have minor repair work performed on the aircraft, the pilot was visited at his request by a man who sold him the engine's carburetor foam air filter. The man inspected the filter and it appeared 'aged' and 'crumbly.' The pilot declined to have the filter replaced, and the pilot then reinstalled it. After an overnight stop in Arizona while en route back to his home town in Texas, the pilot contacted Albuquerque ARTCC and reported a rough running engine. He requested vectors to the closest airport, but was never identified on radar. The last transmission from the pilot was received at 1008, and the aircraft was located by a local rancher several hours later. The airplane was landed on a dry dirt field parallel to a forrest road and directly perpendicular to another gravel road. The touchdown speed was estimated to be excess of 100 knots, and the aircraft's owners manual recommends 55 knots on a rough field. Following the accident, the engine was test run. Black smoke exited from the exhaust and the engine ran rough. An internal examination of the carburetor revealed that the foam air filter had been torn and pulled through the throat of the injector, causing a restriction in airflow.
Probable Cause: The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area on which to make a precautionary landing, and his excessive airspeed during landing touchdown. Factors were the ingestion of the foam air filter into the throat of the injector, and the pilot's failure to replace the worn air filter.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN00FA007
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 April 1995 | N13WM | Private | 0 | Addison, TX | |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 14-Dec-2017 09:40 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jul-2019 07:15 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2024 17:18 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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