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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech C23 · Macon, GA · April 18, 2005

Date
April 18, 2005 · 19:03 local
Place
Macon, GA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N16FC
Reported as
Beech C23
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4K
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,100 total100 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

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 departed Macon downtown airport (mac) approximately 5 minutes later the engine lost power. The pilot landed the aircraft in an open field. During the on-site inspection it was discovered that the nut holding the mixture lever onto the carburetor was found to be loose.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MACON DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (MAC) APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES LATER THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN AN OPEN FIELD. DURING THE ON-SITE INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE NUT HOLDING THE MIXTURE LEVER ONTO THE CARBURETOR WAS FOUND TO BE LOOSE.