- Date
- October 27, 1983, 17:22 local (23:22 UTC)
- Place
- Sugar Grove, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N99555Popelka BD-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831027074869A
- Case key
- 12433
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Analysis
The acft had received an inspection on 9/8/83, before it was disassembled & transported from California to Illinois. On 10/27/83, the plt took off on a flt from sandwich to aurora, IL. While on a final apch to land at aurora, after a throttle reduction, the eng ceased operating. Attempts to restart the eng were unsuccessful, so the plt landed on a road. During the landing roll, the plt was unable to keep the acft on the road due to a bend in the road. Subsequently, the acft crossed a curb & struck a mail box. An investigation revealed several discrepancies concerning the carburetor. These included a wrong size of the inlet fitting, primary venturi out of position, main fuel discharge nozzle bent, main jet oversized, & a leaky gasket.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99555
- Reported as
- Popelka BD-5
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 455S
- Engine
- Honda EB-2, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Danel P. Atkinson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · September 8, 1983 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- Sandwich, IL
- Destination
- Sugar Grove, IL
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 1 in this make and model · 4,400 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 220° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARR, 1 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.