# Accident 19960413007209A: Mrchti S20522R, Minneapolis, MN, April 13, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1996, 13:30 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Anoka County-Blaine Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2100° N, 93.3894° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2100&lon=-93.3894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N954W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N954W-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Siai-Marchetti S.205/22R (registry code 8120412, https://openairdocs.org/model/siai-marchetti-s-205-22r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A-350SER (registry code 27023, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a-350ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MRCHTI S20522R
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 6A350C1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 193 total, 19 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960413007209A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON CLIMBOUT. LANDED GEAR UP ON HIGHWAY. LOOSE BAFFLE AND PLUG IN MUFFLER CAUSED IMPROPER BACK PRESSURE. (-23) ON APRIL 13, 1996 AT 1830 GMT, A SIAI-MARCHETTI S205-22R, PILOTED BY OWNER ARTHUR C. DE VRIES, PRIVATE PILOT SINGLE ENGINE LAND #474586482, MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING ON MINNESOTA STATE HIGHWAY 65 AT 105TH STREET IN BLAINE, MINNESOTA. THE FLIGHT WAS VFR UNDER VMC WITH A VFR FLIGHT PLAN FILED WITH PRINCETON FSS. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ANOKA COUNTY AIRPORT (ANE), N WITH A DESTINATION AT MAHNOMEN (6MN5), MN. SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF TO THE NORTH, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOST POWER BUT DID NOT STOP. ENGINE RPM WAS APPROXIMATELY 1800 TO 2000 RPM AS REPORTED BY THE PILOT. THE AIRCRAFT REPORTEDLY WOULD NOT CLIMB SO THE PILOT TURNED LEFT TO HEAD SOUTH TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO LOSE ALTITUDE, PILOT PREPARED AIRCRAFT FOR A FORECED LANDING ON THE HIGHWAY. PILOT ELECTED TO KEEP GEAR UP AND NOT USE FLAPS SO AS TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT AS "CLEAN" AS POSSIBLE. THE MOST VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS AS FOLLOWS: RIGHT HAND FUSELAGE AT STEP ATTACHMENT POINT, RIGHT WING TIP AND PITOT TUBE, LEFT WING TIP, PROPELLER AND FUSELAGE B                                   ELLY SKIN. FIELD INVESTIGATION REVEALED FULL FUEL TANKS WITH AVIATION GASOLINE AND FUEL SELECTOR ON LEFT TANK. BOTH TANKS WERE CHECKED FOR WATER, NONE INDICATED. GASCOLATOR WAS CHECKED FOR WATER, NONE INDICATED. ENGINE WAS INSPECTED FOR DISCREPANCIES, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE RIGHT SIDE EXHAUST TUBES WERE LOOSE AT THE POINT WHERE THEY ATTACHED TO THE CYLINDERS AND THE LEFT SIDE MUFFLER HAD A BAFFLE LOOSE INSIDE THE HOUSING. THERE WAS ONE (1) PASSENGER ONBOARD, NO FIRE, NO INJURIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORTS TEMP. 36 F. AND DEW POINT OF 26 F. ICING PROBABILITY CURVES INDICATE VISIBLE TO SERIOUS ICING COULD BE PRESENT WITH A FLOAT TYPE CARB.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI96LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA132), Apr 13, 1996: Siai-Marchetti S.205/22R (N954W), Anoka, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loose exhaust system that had become disconnected and blocked, which resulted in partial loss of engine power.

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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