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FAA incident report · Amtr RV-6A · Mascoutah, IL · December 24, 2002

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Date
December 24, 2002 · 19:20 local
Place
Mascoutah, IL
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N47TD
Reported as
Amtr RV6A
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total500 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days
N47TDRegistered now · Lewis Tim RV-6AS/N 60023 · Built 1999Airframe modelLewis Tim RV-6AEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) The pilot and his family were enroute to springfield, MO for christmas. He received a weather briefing in bloomington, IL, but according to fss personnel did not received the VFR not recommended statement. The pilot explained that he started losing power and began to pick up ice at 4000' MSL and requested a climb to 5000' MSL. Upon reaching 5000' he was still losing power and told ATC that he wanted vectors for the closest airport with an ILS. While being vectored to scott afb/midamerica airport, kblv, he was unable to maintain enough power for flight and landed in a corn field about 3 miles from the airport. An examination of the aircraft shortly after landing showed the carburetor air inlet was packed with snow and after cleaning it out, the air filter was covered with an ice dam that varied from about 2 1/2 inches wide at the base to 1/2 inch thick at the top and appeared to go at least halfway around the filter. There was mixed icing on leading edges of both wings, numerous icicles formed in a rearward streaming direction in several places, and a significant amount of snow in the engine inlets with numerous icicles hanging from the inside of the cowling.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT AND HIS FAMILY WERE ENROUTE TO SPRINGFIELD, MO FOR CHRISTMAS. HE RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING IN BLOOMINGTON, IL, BUT ACCORDING TO FSS PERSONNEL DID NOT RECEIVED THE VFR NOT RECOMMENDED STATEMENT. THE PILOT EXPLAINED THAT HE STARTED LOSING POWER AND BEGAN TO PICK UP ICE AT 4000' MSL AND REQUESTED A CLIMB TO 5000' MSL. UPON REACHING 5000' HE WAS STILL LOSING POWER AND TOLD ATC THAT HE WANTED VECTORS FOR THE CLOSEST AIRPORT WITH AN ILS. WHILE BEING VECTORED TO SCOTT AFB/MIDAMERICA AIRPORT, KBLV, HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ENOUGH POWER FOR FLIGHT AND LANDED IN A CORN FIELD ABOUT 3 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT. AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHORTLY AFTER LANDING SHOWED THE CARBURETOR AIR INLET WAS PACKED WITH SNOW AND AFTER CLEANING IT OUT, THE AIR FILTER WAS COVERED WITH AN ICE DAM THAT VARIED FROM ABOUT 2 1/2 INCHES WIDE AT THE BASE TO 1/2 INCH THICK AT THE TOP AND APPEARED TO GO AT LEAST HALFWAY AROUND THE FILTER. THERE WAS MIXED ICING ON LEADING EDGES OF BOTH WINGS, NUMEROUS ICICLES FORMED IN A REARWARD STREAMING DIRECTION IN SEVERAL PLACES, AND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IN THE ENGINE INLETS WITH NUMEROUS ICICLES HANGING FROM THE INSIDE OF THE COWLING.