# Incident 20050418006319I: Beech C23, Macon, GA, April 18, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2005, 19:03 local time
- Place: Macon, GA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8407° N, 83.6324° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Macon, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8407&lon=-83.6324&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16FC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16FC-2011-01-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,100 total, 100 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050418006319I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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