# Accident 20030510008039A: Doug A4N, Syracuse, UT, May 10, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2003, 10:00 local time
- Place: Syracuse, UT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8931° N, 112.2761° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8931&lon=-112.2761&mi=10
- Aircraft: N263WL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N263WL-2004-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas A4N (registry code 3021019, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-a4n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG A4N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total, 199 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03TA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03TA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030510008039A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM WILLIAMS GATEWAY AIRPORT ENROUTE TO COLD LAKE, CANADA WITH TWO OTHER A4'S WITH A PLANNED FUEL STOP AT HILL AFB. AFTER DESCENDING FROM 15,000 TO 12,000 THE FLIGHT OF THREE AIRCRAFT LEVELED OFF. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT LEVEL OFF A WHITE VAPOR TRAIL WAS SEEN COMING FROM THE MISHAP AIRCRAFT. AT THIS TIME THE PILOT OF THE MISHAP AIRCRAFT REPORTED ENGINE PROBLEMS AND THE THROTTLE WAS STUCK AT 80%. HIS WING MAN TURNED THE FLIGHT LEAD OVER TO HIM AT THIS TIME. HE THEN SAID HIS ENGINE WAS DOWN TO 30% AND HE HAD LOST ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS. HE WAS INSTRUCTED BY ONE OF THE OTHER PILOTS IN THE FLIGHT TO SWITCH TO MANUAL FLIGHT CONTROL. SHORTLY AFTER THAT HE EJECTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND IT WAS REPORTED THAT HIS CHUTE DID NOT OPEN. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE WATER ON THE SOUTH EAST SIDE OF ANTELOPE ISLAND LOCATED IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE APPROXIMATELY 1 TO 2 MILES OFF SHORE. SCENE NOT ACCESSIBLE. AIRCRAFT UNDER WATER.

## 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 DEN03TA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03TA079), May 10, 2003: McDonnell Douglas A-4N (N263WL), Salt Lake City, UT, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The lose of engine power during descent due to the in-flight collision with a bird which FOD damaged the engine and subsequently melted the turbine section. A contributing factor was the airplane's…

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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