- Date
- July 27, 1991, 15:39 local (20:39 UTC)
- Place
- Brodhead, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N14961English Pietenpol Aircamper
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910727030199A
- Case key
- 14844
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Probable cause
Erosion of an exhaust valve.
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
The amateur built airplane was powered by a converted automobile engine. During a climb after takeoff, the engine sustained a partial power loss & the pilot attempted to return to the airport. However, he was unable to reach the airport & the airplane was damaged during a forced landing. An investigation revealed an exhaust valve was eroded & leaking.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14961
- Reported as
- English Pietenpol Aircamper (PIETENPOL)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- P101SE
- Engine
- Corvair GO-140, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cary Francis Winch
- Registered owner
- Cary Francis Winch
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- C37 · Brodhead, WI
- Destination
- 79C · Necedah, 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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 30 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft unknown
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- JVL, 15 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 N14961 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.