# Accident 19960516010699A: Nancng CJ6A, Shreveport, LA, May 16, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1996, 17:22 local time
- Place: Shreveport, LA
- Airport: Shreveport Downtown Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5108° N, 93.7503° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5108&lon=-93.7503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24AD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24AD-2014-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nanchang China CJ-6A (registry code 056183N, https://openairdocs.org/model/nanchang-china-cj-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NANCNG CJ6A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96FA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA216) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960516010699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 16, 1996, AT 1722 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A NANCHANG CJ-6A, AIRCRAFT, N24AD, WAS DESTROYED FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING A FORCED LANDING NEAR SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE CHINESE MANUFACTURED AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY THE THREE PRIVATE OWNERS AS A TITLE 14 CFT PART 91 FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SHREVEPORT DOWNTOWN AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT OF A SECOND AIRPLANE THAT WAS TO JOIN IN AS A FLIGHT OF TWO, THE PILOT OF THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE REPORTED ON THE RADIO THAT HE HAD EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER AND ESTABLISHED A GLIDE TO AN OPEN FIELD. THE WITNESS PILOT REPORTED THAT "THE PLANE BANKED TO THE LEFT, THE NOSE DROPPED, THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A 20 TO 30 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE, BOUNCED, AND CAUGHT ON FIRE." A POST IMPACT FIRE DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 FTW96FA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA216), May 16, 1996: Nanchang CJ-6A (N24AD), Shreveport, LA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: a loss of engine power due to failure of the pressure carburetor diaphragm which led to restricted fuel flow through the carburetor and eventual fuel starvation. Factors contributing to the accident…

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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