- Date
- September 15, 1985, 11:35 local (16:35 UTC)
- Place
- Randall, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N39684Wippler Cassut III M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850915044979A
- Case key
- 13213
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Carburetor heat - not usedCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ground
Analysis
The engine lost power when the pilot attempted to add power at the completion of a descent. The pilot did not use carburetor heat in the descent. The relative humidity was approximately 60%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39684
- Reported as
- Wippler Cassut III M (CASSUT III)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 239
- Airframe hours
- 78
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas R. Wippler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 4, 1985 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- 57Y · Sandstone, MN
- Destination
- LXL · Little Falls, MN
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 784 total · 78 in this make and model · 16 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 13 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AXN, 35 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.