- Date
- August 11, 1989, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hendersonville, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N70406Dammann N3-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890811029039A
- Case key
- 7852
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Probable cause
Engine failure due to carburetor ice.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The homebuilt aircraft collided with a hanger while on final approach to land after a loss of power. The temp/dew point ratio was 76/55. This was a demonstration flt which followed a solo, check out flight around the pattern and two other demonstration flights. On-site examination revealed the presence of fuel and that the propeller was turning at impact. The damaged propeller and carburetor were replaced because the mount for the carburetor was bent, the gap around the carburetor and flang was sealed with a silicone sealer and the engine ran smoothly during a test run.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70406
- Reported as
- Dammann N3-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 0001LS
- Engine
- Mosler MMCB, 55 lbs thrust, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Mosler Motors,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Mosler Motors Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · August 7, 1989 · 5 hours before
- Airport
- 0A7 · Johnson Airfield, runway 32, 2,500 × 100 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 860 total · 28 in this make and model · 860 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- WSO, 11 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.