- Date
- September 30, 1991, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Rossville, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N42LFFischer Wagabond
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910930044099A
- Case key
- 8482
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power as a result of carburetor icing.
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 federal aviation administration (FAA) inspector stated that the home built aircraft collided with a tree off the approach end of runway 36 at the small sod airport. The aircraft then impacted the terrain in a nose down attitude, and came to rest about 600 feet short of the approach end of runway 36. The inspector stated that the engine did not appear to be running at the time of impact, and the carburetor heat was in the on position. Examination of the engine revealed no malfunction. The temperature and dew point in the area at the time of the accident were conducive to extreme carburetor icing at cruise and climb power settings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42LF
- Reported as
- Fischer Wagabond
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 42
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fischer, Lawrence H
- Registered owner
- Fischer, Lawrence H
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- 54M · Wolf River, runway 18, 3,100 × 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
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 800 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEM, 30 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.