What happened
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This flight departed from guthrie/edmund regional airport (gok) at guthrie, Oklahoma for a return flight to the aircraft home base parker county airport (wea), weatherford, Texas. During the desecent on approach to runway 17 at wea, the pilot in command (PIC) stated he reduced power, added carb heat, enriched the mixture and trimmed the airplane for a normal approach descent. He stated that he added a slight amount of power, approximately 1/2" of throttle and the engine did not respond. He stated that he firewaled the throttle, mixture, and propeller control, and the engine didn't respond. He stated that he began looking for a location to make a forced landing and knew the terrain well. He stated that the only remote suitable place in range was the I-20 service road. He stated that he began a left turn to align with the north service road and impacted the power lines with the aircraft landing gear. The aircraft impacted the ground nose first and came to rest inverted.
The aircraft was first recovered from the scene by aa wrecker service of weatherford, TX and moved to a secure hangar at wea.
The aircraft wreckage was recovered by privacy data omitted in denton, Texas in January 2022. privacy data omitted Reported that there was no fuel found in the aircraft tanks when they took delivery. Due to the amount of damage to the engine, privacy data omitted was unable to determine any further mechanical issues. privacy data omitted Delivered the wreckage to privacy data omitted in March 2022. privacy data omitted, Lancaster, Texas took final delivery of the aircraft wreckage.
As the FAA filed it
THIS FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM GUTHRIE/EDMUND REGIONAL AIRPORT (GOK) AT GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA FOR A RETURN FLIGHT TO THE AIRCRAFT HOME BASE PARKER COUNTY AIRPORT (WEA), WEATHERFORD, TEXAS. DURING THE DESECENT ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 17 AT WEA, THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) STATED HE REDUCED POWER, ADDED CARB HEAT, ENRICHED THE MIXTURE AND TRIMMED THE AIRPLANE FOR A NORMAL APPROACH DESCENT. HE STATED THAT HE ADDED A SLIGHT AMOUNT OF POWER, APPROXIMATELY 1/2" OF THROTTLE AND THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND. HE STATED THAT HE FIREWALED THE THROTTLE, MIXTURE, AND PROPELLER CONTROL, AND THE ENGINE DIDN'T RESPOND. HE STATED THAT HE BEGAN LOOKING FOR A LOCATION TO MAKE A FORCED LANDING AND KNEW THE TERRAIN WELL. HE STATED THAT THE ONLY REMOTE SUITABLE PLACE IN RANGE WAS THE I-20 SERVICE ROAD. HE STATED THAT HE BEGAN A LEFT TURN TO ALIGN WITH THE NORTH SERVICE ROAD AND IMPACTED THE POWER LINES WITH THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND NOSE FIRST AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.
THE AIRCRAFT WAS FIRST RECOVERED FROM THE SCENE BY AA WRECKER SERVICE OF WEATHERFORD, TX AND MOVED TO A SECURE HANGAR AT WEA.
THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS RECOVERED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN DENTON, TEXAS IN JANUARY 2022. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO FUEL FOUND IN THE AIRCRAFT TANKS WHEN THEY TOOK DELIVERY. DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE ANY FURTHER MECHANICAL ISSUES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DELIVERED THE WRECKAGE TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN MARCH 2022. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LANCASTER, TEXAS TOOK FINAL DELIVERY OF THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE.
NTSB investigation
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