# NTSB CEN13LA015: Young Robert Herman Woody Pusher, N10RY, Cloverdale, IN, October 16, 2012 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: October 16, 2012, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC) - Place: Cloverdale, IN - Coordinates: 39.515277, -86.802497 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5153&lon=-86.8025&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 1 serious - Status: Completed, report March 24, 2014 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA - Indianapolis FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 85365 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN13LA015 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/85365/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=85365 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA015 ## Probable cause The total loss of engine power due to carburetor icing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Temp/humidity/pressure: conducive to carburetor icing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03031030): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on equipment (probable cause); cases with it: [Young Robert Herman WOODY PUSHER, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03031030/cases.md?model=05650F9), [All aircraft, 435 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03031030/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Young Robert Herman WOODY PUSHER, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=05650F9), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md) ## Analysis While in cruise flight, the amateur-built airplane's engine experienced a total loss of power and the pilot executed a forced landing to a field. During the landing the airplane nosed over and the pilot was seriously injured. A postaccident examination of the airframe and engine revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. The recorded temperature and dew point at the time of the accident were conducive for the formation of moderate carburetor icing at cruise power. ## Factual narrative On October 16, 2012, about 1430 eastern daylight time, an amateur-built Young Woody Pusher, N10RY, sustained minor damage during a forced landing to a field following a loss of engine power near Cloverdale, Indiana. The pilot received serious injuries during the event. The aircraft was registered to and operated by an individual under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which was not operated on a flight plan. The local flight originated from a private airstrip in Cloverdale, Indiana, about 1425. The airplane was in cruise flight about 800 feet above ground level when the engine experienced a total loss of power. The pilot selected a field and performed a forced landing. During the landing, the tailwheel equipped airplane nosed over and came to rest on it's back. The airplane was an experimental amateur-built design that employed a single strut braced wing. The engine was mounted in a pusher configuration on the wing with the pilot station at the front of the fuselage. The engine used on the airplane was a Continental Motors C-85 engine. A postaccident examination of the airframe and engine revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. A weather reporting station located about 23 miles south of the accident site recorded the temperature and dew point about the time of the accident as 19 and 6 degrees Celsius, respectively. According to a carburetor icing probability chart the conditions were conducive for moderate carburetor icing at cruise power settings and serious carburetor icing at glide power settings. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N10RY](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10RY-2018-04-19), registration cancelled 2018-04-19, S/N 3, built 1986 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: YOUNG ROBERT HERMAN WOODY PUSHER - Registry model: [Young Robert Herman WOODY PUSHER](https://openairdocs.org/model/young-robert-herman-woody-pusher) (registry code 05650F9) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 3 - Airframe hours: 489 - Engines: CONT MOTOR C-75 85 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Minor damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Condition, October 6, 2012 - Departed: PVT, Cloverdale, IN - Destination: PVT, Cloverdale, IN ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 90; injuries: serious; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: sport pilot; seat: front ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 180° at 10 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 43 °F - Altimeter: 29.84 inHg - Observed at: BMG, 23 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20121016023899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121016023899A), Oct 16, 2012: Young Robert Herman WOODY PUSHER, Cloverdale, IN, Minor damage. The pilot took off from a private family airport heading west and turned left to a heading of east for the downwind leg while continuing to climb. When the… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 6, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=85365. 368 KB in all. - Carburetor icing article (item 1, .PDF, 263 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40408677&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Carburetor%20icing%20article-Master.PDF - Record of conversation with FAA IIC (item 2, .PDF, 53 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40408678&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20conversation%20with%20FAA%20IIC-Master.PDF - Record of conversation with pilot's son (item 3, .PDF, 53 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40410281&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20conversation%20with%20pilot%27s%20son-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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