# Accident 20050427006839A: Aronca 058B, Benton City, WA, April 27, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2005, 17:45 local time
- Place: Benton City, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.1322° N, 119.5997° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1322&lon=-119.5997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8023R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ARONCA 058B
- Reported engine: CONT C8512
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050427006839A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT HAD DEPARTED THE DALLES, OR ENROUTE TO PASCO, WA. APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES SOUTH OF KENNEWICK, WA, THE PILOT REDUCED POWER FOR HIS LANDING DESCENT. WHEN HE DID THIS, HE STATED THE ENGINE BEGAN TO "SPUTTER" AND LOSE POWER. THINKING HE HAD ENCOUNTERED CARBURETOR ICE, HE APPLIED CARB HEAT, BUT THE POWER LOSS AND SPUTTER CONTINUED UNTIL THE ENGINE COMPLETELY STOPPED. AT THIS POINT THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY, ENGINE OUT LANDING IN A FIELD. THE LANDING WAS SUCCESSFUL TIL THE AIRCRAFT ALMOST STOPPED IT'S GROUND ROLL THEN FLIPPED OVER ON IT'S BACK. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 SEA05LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA089), Apr 28, 2005: Aeronca 0-58B (N8023R), Kennewick, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, which resulted in a forced landing and subsequent nose over. A factor was the unsuitable terrain.

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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