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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Smith Miniplane DSA-4 · Hernando, FL · November 27, 2011

Date
November 27, 2011 · 16:30 local
Place
Hernando, FL
Airport
Twelve Oaks Airport
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1321
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA12LA087
Reported as
Smith Miniplane DSA-4
Reported engine
Franklin 4AC-176 F3
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,634 total100 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On November 27, 2011, at approximately 1630 EDT, a Smith Miniplane, model DSA-4, N1321, serial no. 1, privacy data omitted and operated by pilot privacy data omitted, had a rough running engine shortly after starting a climb sequence followed by an engine shutdown. The pilot was not injured. Visual meterological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot made an emergency landing in a grassy and wetland swamp area where it flipped over and came to rest upside down three miles south of marion county, located in citrus county, Florida.

As the FAA filed it

ON NOVEMBER 27, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 EDT, A SMITH MINIPLANE, MODEL DSA-4, N1321, SERIAL NO. 1, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND OPERATED BY PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HAD A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE SHORTLY AFTER STARTING A CLIMB SEQUENCE FOLLOWED BY AN ENGINE SHUTDOWN. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A GRASSY AND WETLAND SWAMP AREA WHERE IT FLIPPED OVER AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN THREE MILES SOUTH OF MARION COUNTY, LOCATED IN CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.