# Accident 20100402037709A: Lopez Phill JABIRU J250, Middletown, DE, April 2, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2010, 06:45 local time
- Place: Middletown, DE
- Airport: Summit
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5267° N, 75.7383° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5267&lon=-75.7383&mi=10
- Aircraft: N464PP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N464PP-2017-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lopez Phillip JABIRU J250 (registry code 05626CI, https://openairdocs.org/model/lopez-phillip-jabiru-j250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 3300 (registry code 34801, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LOPEZ PHILL JABIRU J250
- Reported engine: JABIRU AERO ENGINE  3300A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 488 total, 488 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA203) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100402037709A

## Narrative

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

INSPECTOR ARRIVED AT 2005 LOCAL, N464PP WAS HANGING FROM POWER LINE AND ENGINE WAS SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT.  THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OR ODOR OF FUEL.  ONCE ON GROUND, VERIFIED ELEVATOR, RUDDER AND RIGHT WING AILERON CABLE MOVEMENT WHERE THEY WERE SEVERED AT FLIGHT DECK.  NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL LEAKING FROM WINGS OR ENGINE.  FLAPS WERE DOWN BUT COULD NOT BE SURE OF POSITION.  FOUND BURN MARKS ON RIGHT WING FROM POWER LINES.  AIRCRAFT LEFT SIDE STRUCK A TREE APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 25 FEET FROM BASE OF TREE, SHEARING OFF INSTRUMENT PANEL FORWARD.  PILOT FATALLY INJURED AND PASSENGER SURVIVED BUT IN SERIOUS CONDITION.

## 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 ERA10LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA203), Apr 2, 2010: Lopez Phillip Jabiru J250 (N464PP), Middletown, DE, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to apply carburetor heat, which resulted in the formation of carburetor icing and a total loss of engine power.

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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