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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper STCPA18 · Silver City, NM · September 11, 1989

Date: September 11, 1989 · 18:15 local
Place: Silver City, NM
Airport: Beaverhead Airstrip Airport
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N9496D
NTSB investigation: NTSBDEN89LA214
Reported as: Piper STCPA18
Reported engine: Lycoming O320A2B
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,914 total25 in this make and model258 in the last 90 days

N9496DRegistered now · Piper PA-18A 150S/N 18-6748 · Built 1958 Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Engine lost power on takeoff. Stalled on forced landing. Carb composite float deterioated and fuel fouled by mogas

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF. STALLED ON FORCED LANDING. CARB COMPOSITE FLOAT DETERIOATED AND FUEL FOULED BY MOGAS

NTSB investigation

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NTSB DEN89LA214Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportWinston, NMDeteriorated carburetor float. Factors related to the accident were: high density altitude and the terrain conditions in the emergency landing area.Sep 12, 1989 · Destroyed

Other reports on N9496D · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 20180621017059ALanding: Touchdown · Llano, TXDuring tail wheel transistion training at Llano, Texas the instructor [privacy data omitted] allowed [privacy data omitted] to land hard bending the forward left fuselage and causing wing spar damage.Jun 21, 2018 · Substantial damage Incident 20140121000469ILanding: Touchdown · Burnet, TXDuring a wheel landing on a hard pavement rollout the student mistakenly applied brakes. The aircraft pivoted onto its nose and then fell back on its gear The spinner, prop and cowling were damaged. The engine had a sudden stopJan 21, 2014 · Minor damage