- Date
- June 30, 1993, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Alma, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N13918Waco ATO
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930630021289A
- Case key
- 3232
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Probable cause
The failure of the aircraft engine master rod bearing.
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 pilot reported that during cruise flight, the aircraft engine lost power. The pilot attempted an emergency landing in a field. During the emergency landing, the aircraft wheels sank into the soft terrain and the aircraft nosed over. Personnel who inspected the aircraft after the accident stated that the loss of engine power was a result of the failure of the engine master rod bearing.
Factual narrative
On June 30, 1993, at about 1030 eastern daylight time, a Waco ATO, N13918 was substantially damaged during an emergency landing near Alma, Georgia. The airline transport pilot received minor injuries in the accident. The aircraft was being operated under 14 CFR Part 91 by the pilot. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the time of the accident, and no flight plan had been filed for the personal flight. The flight departed Lake City, Florida at 0950, and was enroute to Athens, Georgia at the time of the accident.
The pilot reported that during cruise flight, the aircraft engine began to run rough. He attempted to make the Alma Airport, but the engine stopped producing power, and he was forced to attempt an emergency landing in a field. During the landing, in the soft field, the aircraft flipped over onto its back.
Personnel who inspected the aircraft after the accident stated that the engine loss of power was a result of a failure of the master rod bearing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13918
- Reported as
- Waco ATO
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A-118
- Engine
- Wright R975, 400 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Leo G. Janssens
- Registered owner
- Phillip H. Dubeau
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 18, 1993 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- 3IJ · Lake City, FL
- Destination
- AHN · Athens, GA
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 10 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AMG, 3 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.