- Date
- July 2, 1983, 18:27 local (22:27 UTC)
- Place
- Petersburg, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3140BHomebuilt EAA Biplane
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830702060119A
- Case key
- 6111
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt took off, circled the field, then started to depart at aprx 1000 ft. a short time later, the eng lost power & could not be restarted. The plt elected to land on a road. While on a short final to land, the acft collided with a power line. Reportedly, the power line sheared off the gear & a belly landing was made in the road. An investigaiton revealed that a venturi had come loose on the marvel schebler MA-3 carburetor. After the carburetor was repaired, it would operate normally. The home built acft had a total flt time of 16 hr. The accumulated flt time on the eng was aprx 450 hrs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3140B
- Reported as
- Homebuilt EAA Biplane (EAA BIPLAN)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- LG-1
- Airframe hours
- 16
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lemuel G. Barnes
- Departed
- PTB · Petersburg, VA
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 16 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.