What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The pilot started the landing sequence/descent at approximately 10 miles out from gtu.
The tracking was high, but the pilot thought it was still ok. The pilot slowed to 135 and dropped the gear. Once the aircraft was in the white arc and left base, the pilot dropped flaps.
Start sequence – loss of power: once the flaps came down, the pilot felt he needed more power to stabilize the approach. He added throttle 2 or 3 twists to the right and nothing happened. He repeated the action and still no power.
The pilot then states that he pushed power, mixer, prop forward, boost pump on, and switched fuel from right to aux – no power response to input.
At this point, the pilot did not hear the boost pump, so he turned it to prime. Still no power.
The pilot now thought since he didn't have an issue until flaps went down, he tried raising his flaps to see if that would correct the issue. This had no effect and at this point collision was imminent and the aircraft impacted the roof of a duplex house. Propeller control was photographed as being in the extended out (low RPM) setting which is contrary to pilot reported setting being pushed in (hi RPM).
Substantial damage to aircraft. Minor injury to pilot and two passengers. Duplex house that was impacted was vacant (new build) and no personnel were in the house at the time of the impact. Substantial damage to duplex house structure.
As the FAA filed it
THE PILOT STARTED THE LANDING SEQUENCE/DESCENT AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES OUT FROM GTU.
THE TRACKING WAS HIGH, BUT THE PILOT THOUGHT IT WAS STILL OK. THE PILOT SLOWED TO 135 AND DROPPED THE GEAR. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE WHITE ARC AND LEFT BASE, THE PILOT DROPPED FLAPS.
START SEQUENCE – LOSS OF POWER: ONCE THE FLAPS CAME DOWN, THE PILOT FELT HE NEEDED MORE POWER TO STABILIZE THE APPROACH. HE ADDED THROTTLE 2 OR 3 TWISTS TO THE RIGHT AND NOTHING HAPPENED. HE REPEATED THE ACTION AND STILL NO POWER.
THE PILOT THEN STATES THAT HE PUSHED POWER, MIXER, PROP FORWARD, BOOST PUMP ON, AND SWITCHED FUEL FROM RIGHT TO AUX – NO POWER RESPONSE TO INPUT.
AT THIS POINT, THE PILOT DID NOT HEAR THE BOOST PUMP, SO HE TURNED IT TO PRIME. STILL NO POWER.
THE PILOT NOW THOUGHT SINCE HE DIDN'T HAVE AN ISSUE UNTIL FLAPS WENT DOWN, HE TRIED RAISING HIS FLAPS TO SEE IF THAT WOULD CORRECT THE ISSUE. THIS HAD NO EFFECT AND AT THIS POINT COLLISION WAS IMMINENT AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE ROOF OF A DUPLEX HOUSE. PROPELLER CONTROL WAS PHOTOGRAPHED AS BEING IN THE EXTENDED OUT (LOW RPM) SETTING WHICH IS CONTRARY TO PILOT REPORTED SETTING BEING PUSHED IN (HI RPM).
SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. MINOR INJURY TO PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS. DUPLEX HOUSE THAT WAS IMPACTED WAS VACANT (NEW BUILD) AND NO PERSONNEL WERE IN THE HOUSE AT THE TIME OF THE IMPACT. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO DUPLEX HOUSE STRUCTURE.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.