- Date
- July 21, 1985, 20:35 local (Jul 22, 1985, 00:35 UTC)
- Place
- Acme, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N115PKKauffman BD4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850721032759A
- Case key
- 13155
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Analysis
The plt was on the second flt of newly certificated acft and had been airborne aprx 10 minutes when a total loss of pwr was experienced. Unable to return to the arpt the plt landed the acft in an open fld. During the landing roll the acft struck a road embankment separating the eng and gear from the airframe. The plt reported the mixture control was not safety wired when it was rerigged just prior to this flt. The mixture control became disconnected during the flt resulting in fuel starvation to the eng.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N115PK
- Reported as
- Kauffman BD4
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 115
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D1B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul E. Kauffman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- Y17 · Acme, MI
- Destination
- Y17 · Amce, MI
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,442 total · 3 in this make and model · 1,336 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TVC, 4 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.
Other investigations on N115PK · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.