19990824046419A

Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Morrisey 2150A · Ellisburg, NY · August 24, 1999

Date
August 24, 1999 · 14:20 local
Place
Ellisburg, NY
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N312BW
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC99LA209

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.

(-23)Aircraft was at cruise altitude over lake ontario. Aircraft then cut power and descended to 1100 ft. when the pilot increased the throttle engine would not respond. The pilot tried to increase the throttle again and the engine stalled. The pilot then set up for an emergency landing. The pilto stated that he did not extend flaps and on final approach over a farmers hay field the wing stalled resulting in aircraft falling out of the air causing substantial damage to aircraft and serious injury to the pilot.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)AIRCRAFT WAS AT CRUISE ALTITUDE OVER LAKE ONTARIO. AIRCRAFT THEN CUT POWER AND DESCENDED TO 1100 FT. WHEN THE PILOT INCREASED THE THROTTLE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE PILOT TRIED TO INCREASE THE THROTTLE AGAIN AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE PILOT THEN SET UP FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE PILTO STATED THAT HE DID NOT EXTEND FLAPS AND ON FINAL APPROACH OVER A FARMERS HAY FIELD THE WING STALLED RESULTING IN AIRCRAFT FALLING OUT OF THE AIR CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND SERIOUS INJURY TO THE PILOT.

NTSB investigation

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