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FAA accident report · Amtr WAGARO2+2 · Hurricane, UT · May 24, 1998

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Date
May 24, 1998 · 10:07 local
Place
Hurricane, UT
Airport
Hurricane Airport
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6272A
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW98LA241
Reported as
Amtr WAGARO2+2
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20 in the last 90 days
N6272ARegistered now · Mader William J WAG-AERO 2+2S/N 246Airframe modelMader William J WAG-AERO 2+2Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Engine quit on downwind. Nosed over landing off airport. Damaged vertical stablizer. (.4)the pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings. While on downwind, the engine began to run rough, and smoke entered the cabin from underneath the instrument panel. He turned off the electrical system, then executed a forced landing in an unplowed wheat field. Upon touchdown, the landing gear became entangled with wheat, causing the aircraft to nose over. Postaccident examination of the aircraft's engine revealed that the exhaust stack had fractured, allowing exhaust gases to envelope a fuel line. (-23) the pilot stated that after departing the airport at aurriacane, Utah he experienced smoke in the cockpit and assumed an engine fire. The pilot turned off the electrical and then the fuel. The pilot was unable to make it back to the airport and made an emergency landing in an uncut wheat field. The airplane nosed over on its back damaging the vertical tail. The pilot stated the part of the engine exhaust system cracked the smoke in the cockpit.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON DOWNWIND. NOSED OVER LANDING OFF AIRPORT. DAMAGED VERTICAL STABLIZER. (.4)THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS. WHILE ON DOWNWIND, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH, AND SMOKE ENTERED THE CABIN FROM UNDERNEATH THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. HE TURNED OFF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, THEN EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING IN AN UNPLOWED WHEAT FIELD. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE LANDING GEAR BECAME ENTANGLED WITH WHEAT, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER. POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE EXHAUST STACK HAD FRACTURED, ALLOWING EXHAUST GASES TO ENVELOPE A FUEL LINE. (-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER DEPARTING THE AIRPORT AT AURRIACANE, UTAH HE EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND ASSUMED AN ENGINE FIRE. THE PILOT TURNED OFF THE ELECTRICAL AND THEN THE FUEL. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE AIRPORT AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN UNCUT WHEAT FIELD. THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER ON ITS BACK DAMAGING THE VERTICAL TAIL. THE PILOT STATED THE PART OF THE ENGINE EXHAUST SYSTEM CRACKED THE SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB FTW98LA241Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHurricane, UTAn encounter with high vegetation and unsuitable terrain during a forced landing. A factor was a partial failure of the engine's exhaust stack during flight.May 24, 1998 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N6272A · 1

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

Incident 19990116013049IForced/Precautionary LandingOne of three aircraft is listed in the report the other two are as follows: 1.N9267Y-RV-6A, 2.N1576J-Piper cherokee three aircraft were fueled, one after the other, on 01/16/99 at the st. george, ut airport by western air services. All three aircraft…Jan 16, 1999 · Reported as Amtr WAGARO2+2