# Incident 20090531008689I: Silvai LUSCOMBE8A, Twin Falls, ID, May 31, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2009, 09:20 local time
- Place: Twin Falls, ID
- Airport: Joslin Field - Magic Valley Rg
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5641° N, 114.4609° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Twin Falls, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5641&lon=-114.4609&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2976K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2976K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A (registry code 8190120, https://openairdocs.org/model/silvaire-luscombe-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SILVAI LUSCOMBE8A
- Reported engine: CONT C85*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,321 total, 400 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090531008689I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  PILOT STATED THAT DURING ENGINE RUN-UP PRIOR TO TAKE OFF HE NOTICED THAT WHEN HE APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT THE ENGINE RPM DROPPED MORE THAN NORMAL.  THE TAKE OFF WAS NORMAL.  AT 5000 FEET HE MADE A THROTTLE ADJUSTMENT AND THE RPM IMMEDIATELY DROPPED TO 2100.  HE APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT AND THE RPM CONTINUED TO DROP.  HE CALLED TWIN FALLS TOWER AND TOLD THEM HE WAS RETURNING.  HE CHECKED THE MAGNETOS AND SWITCHED THE FUEL TANKS.  THE RPM CONTINUED TODROP TO 1800 THEN 1500.  HE CALLED THE TWIN FALLS TOWER AND TOLD THEM HE HAD AN ENGINE FAILURE AND WOULD NOT MAKE THE AIRPORT.  THE PILOT LANDED IN A DIRT FIELD.

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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