# Accident 20171118019159A: Piper PA-28-140, Bladenboro, NC, November 18, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2017, 11:00 local time
- Place: Bladenboro, NC
- Airport: Bladenboro Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5492° N, 78.7767° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5492&lon=-78.7767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8758N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171118019159A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 18, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00AM. PILOT MADE A TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 20 AT BLADENBORO AIRPORT (3W6), THEN MADE A CIRCLE AROUND THE AIRFIELD AND MADE AN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 2 AT BLADENBORO AIRPORT. WHILE ON FINAL FOR RUNWAY 2 AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET AGL PILOT DECIDED TO GO AROUND AND LAND ON RUNWAY 20.  AS PILOT WAS FLYING ON DOWNWIND LEG PARALLEL TO RUNWAY THE ENGINE LOST POWER. PILOT TRIED TO ESTABLISH A GLIDE BACK TO RUNWAY 20 BUT PLANE WAS RAPIDLY LOSING ALTITUDE AND COULD NOT MAKE IT TO AIRFIELD AND HAD TO PUT IT DOWN IN A SMALL CLEARING.

## 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 ERA18LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA026), Nov 18, 2017: Piper PA28 (N8758N), Bladenboro, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to carburetor icing and the presence of an insect nest in the carburetor heat control box that prevented the pilot’s application of carburetor heat from restoring engine…

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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