19940102001279I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Univar 415C · Archer, FL · January 2, 1994

Date: January 2, 1994 · 17:05 local
Place: Archer, FL
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2150T
Reported as: Univar 415C
Reported engine: Continental C7512
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 800 total20 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: a local flight near airport, the pilot was descending to land. The engine RPM was reduced to 1700 RPM. After a few seconds, the engine started missing. The pilot then applied carburetor heat. The engine stopped. privacy data omitted The pilot made an emergency landing in a field near the airport causing minor damage to the nose gear, firewall, engine mount and lower cowling. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: A LOCAL FLIGHT NEAR AIRPORT, THE PILOT WAS DESCENDING TO LAND. THE ENGINE RPM WAS REDUCED TO 1700 RPM. AFTER A FEW SECONDS, THE ENGINE STARTED MISSING. THE PILOT THEN APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT. THE ENGINE STOPPED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD NEAR THE AIRPORT CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR, FIREWALL, ENGINE MOUNT AND LOWER COWLING. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.