- Date
- June 7, 1991, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Endeavor, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N369AFAvid Flyer Avid Flyer
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910607020449A
- Case key
- 14839
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's inability to effectively eliminate carburetor ice to avoid an emergency landing.
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
While in cruise flight the engine began to lose power and run rough. The pilot had experienced carburetor icing during a low power ground run previously. He believed this to be the reason for the current partial loss of power. He was unable to maintain flight and initiated an emergency landing on a roadway. He was unable to stop the aircraft prior to impact with a tree. The engine was not equipped with carburetor heat.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N369AF
- Reported as
- Avid Flyer Avid Flyer
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 369
- Engine
- Rotax 232LG, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rory Michael Neilson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- Omro, WI
- Destination
- 98WI · Westfield, WI
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,846 total · 66 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Observed at
- MSN, 40 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 N369AF · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.