# Incident 19960201004069I: Beech C23, Wakarusa, IN, February 1, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 1996, 17:30 local time
- Place: Wakarusa, IN
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5312° N, 86.0133° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wakarusa, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5312&lon=-86.0133&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2149W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2149W-2008-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 600 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960201004069I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: MR. DAVID A. CAUM, PIC OF N2149W, A BEECH 23-C23, ENGAGED IN FLIGHT INSTRUCTION, BEGAN STALL AND SLOW FLIGHT PRACTICE AT 2800' MSL. DURING ENTRY INTO SLOW FLIGHT, POWER WAS REDUCED TO 1700 RPM. THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED AND BEGAN A SHALLOW DESCENT, THE PIC INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO INCREASE POWER BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND. THE ENGINE REMAINED AT 1700 RPM DESPITE EXERCISING THE THROTTLE LEVER. THE PIC PULLED THE THROTTLE THROUGH IDLE TO FULL POWER POSITION WHICH RESULTED IN A DECREASE OF ENGINE RPM TO 1300 RPM. THE PIC AND STUDENT PROCEEDED WITH THE PARTIAL POWER CHECKLIST AS PER THE P.O.H. THE ENGINE RPM STABILIZED AT 1300. UNABLE TO REGAIN ENGINE POWER THE FLIGHT CREW TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE NORTH TOWARDS ELKHART/MISHAWAKA AREA, AS THEY FOLLOWED THE ITEMS ON THE CHECKLIST FOR A FORCED LANDING, LOOKING FOR AN OPEN AREA. THE PIC CONFIGURED THE AIRCRAFT FOR A FORCED LANDING, THEN EXECUTED A SUCCESSFUL LANDING IN A HARVESTED CORN FIELD. THE LANDING WAS SMOOTH AND UNEVENTFUL, WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY, AND NO INJURIES TO THE CREW. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL TROUBLESHOOTING THE DISCREPANCY FOUND THE THROTTLE CABLE FROZEN. TEMPERATURE AT TIME OF INCIDENT WAS A MINUS 15 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT WITH A WIND CHILL OF MINUS 40 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. THE MAINTENANCE CREW TRIED TO THAW THE CABLE WITHOUT SUCCESS. THE THROTTLE CABLE ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED, THE SYSTEM CHECKED FOR PROPER OPERATION AND THE AIRCRAFT APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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