# Accident 20131117024329A: Focke-Wulf FWP 149D, Kenansville, NC, November 17, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2013, 06:00 local time
- Place: Kenansville, NC
- Airport: Duplin County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0147° N, 77.9606° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0147&lon=-77.9606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N132FW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N132FW-2018-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Focke-Wulf FWP 149D (registry code 3540106, https://openairdocs.org/model/focke-wulf-fwp-149d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-480-B1A6 (registry code 42159, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-480-b1a6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FOCKE-WULF FWP 149D
- Reported engine: LYCOMING GO-480-B1A6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131117024329A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 19,2013 I TRAVELED WITH INSPECTOR BERNHARDT TO INVESTIGATE A FATAL CRASH OF A

FOCKE-WULF   MODEL :FWP149D N132FW  THAT WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TREES AND TERRAIN WHILE ON APPROACH TO (DPL) DUPLIN COUNTY AIRPORT IN KENANSVILLE NORTH CAROLINA.

UPON EXAMINATION OF THE DEBRIS,IT WAS NOTED THAT THE FLAPS WERE DOWN AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED.

IT WAS NOTED BY THE INDICATIONS OF THE CONDITION OF THE PROPELLER AND IMPRESSIONS IN THE TREES AND TERRAIN THAT THE ENGINE WAS OPERATING.

IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT THERE WAS FUEL PRESENT IN THE ONLY INTACT FUEL TANK,ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO HAVE ANY INDICATION OF HOW MUCH FUEL WAS ON BOARD.

INSTRAMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. KDPL REPORTED WEATHER AS: CALM,0.50 FOG,OVC001,54-53,98%.

IN A CONVERSATION WITH THE DUPLIN COUNTY AIRPORT DIRECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HE INDICATED THAT IT WAS NO UNCOMMON FOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO FLY TO DPL FROM HIS HOME BASE TO FUEL HIS AIRCRAFT DUE TO COMPETITIVE FUEL PRICING.

UPON INSPECTION OF THE FUELING EQUIPMENT, IT WAS NOTED THAT SELF- SERVICE FUEL IS AVAILABLE TWENTY FOUR HOURS.

## 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 ERA14FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA044), Nov 17, 2013: Focke-Wulf FWP 149D (N132FW), Kenansville, NC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of control in instrument meteorological conditions for reasons that could not be determined because examination of the airframe and engine revealed no anomalies that would have…

## Other reports on N132FW (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19940329008599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940329008599I), Mar 29, 1994: Piagio FWP149D (N132FW), Staunton-Waynes, VA, Minor damage. Smoke and hot smell noted on final nose gear would not extend. Norse gear collapsed. Nose gear actuator failed.
- [Incident 19930620023439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930620023439I), Jun 20, 1993: Piagio FWP149D (N132FW), Staunton-Waynes, VA, Minor damage. Unable to lock nose gear down. Nose gear collapsed on rollout. Nose gear had not locked over center.

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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