# Accident 20111127029579A: Smith Miniplane DSA-4, Hernando, FL, November 27, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 2011, 16:30 local time
- Place: Hernando, FL
- Airport: Twelve Oaks Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.9019° N, 82.3089° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9019&lon=-82.3089&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1321, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1321-2013-07-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith Miniplane DSA-4 (registry code 8350104, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-miniplane-dsa-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 4AC176C-D-F (registry code 27007, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-4ac176c-d-f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SMITH MINIPLANE DSA-4
- Reported engine: FRANKLIN 4AC-176 F3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,634 total, 100 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111127029579A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA12LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA087), Nov 27, 2011: Smith Miniplane DSA-4 (N1321), Hernando, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to apply carburetor heat while descending in conditions conducive to carburetor icing, which resulted in carburetor icing and a subsequent 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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