# Accident 20161001019769A: Culver PQ-14A, Long View, NC, October 1, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2016, 13:10 local time
- Place: Long View, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7239° N, 81.3878° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7239&lon=-81.3878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4648V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4648V-2019-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Culver PQ-14A (registry code 8730402, https://openairdocs.org/model/culver-pq-14a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A4150 series (registry code 27024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a4150-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CULVER PQ-14A
- Reported engine: FRANKLIN 6A4150 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,478 total, 400 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161001019769A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 1, 2016 AT 1310 LOCAL TIME A CULVER PQ-14A, N4648V, WAS DESTROYED DURING COLLISION WITH TREES, TERRAIN, AND A COMMERCIAL BUILDING DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER TAKEOFF FROM HICKORY REGIONAL AIRPORT (HKY). PRELIMINARY INFORMATION FROM WITNESSES AND THE HKY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER REVEALED THE AIRPLANE?S ENGINE STOPPED PRODUCING POWER DURING TAXI FOR TAKEOFF. THE PILOT EXPLAINED THE DELAY TO THE CONTROLLER, THAT THE ENGINE RESTARTED, AND THE AIRPLANE THEN DEPARTED. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PILOT REPORTED HE WAS ?HAVING ENGINE PROBLEMS? AND ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTION TO RETURN TO HKY. THE CONTROLLER PROVIDED THE ALTIMETER SETTING, THE WIND INFORMATION, AND CLEARED THE AIRPLANE TO LAND ?ANY RUNWAY.?  WITNESS ON THE GROUND DESCRIBED THE ENGINE SOUND AS ?SPUTTERING? AND ?REVVING UP AND DOWN.? THE AIRCRAFT HIT A LARGE TREE BEFORE COLLIDING WITH THE BUILDING.

## 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 ERA17FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA001), Oct 1, 2016: Culver PQ 14A (N4648V), Hickory, NC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to carburetor icing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's use of automobile gasoline, which increased the likelihood of carburetor icing.

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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