- Date
- December 21, 1992, 13:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Lafontaine, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6648YCarlson Sparrow II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921221050969A
- Case key
- 15571
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Probable cause
Fuel starvation due to a blocked fuel line which was caused by improper gasket sealing compound.
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
Pilot experienced complete loss of engine power while in cruise flight, and made forced landing in plowed field. Airplane nosed over during landing rollout. The engine fuel line was found to be blocked by gasket sealing compound used in the fuel tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6648Y
- Reported as
- Carlson Sparrow II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- CA-310
- Airframe hours
- 125
- Engine
- Rotax BMBDIER 582, 66 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William A. Thompson
- Registered owner
- William A. Thompson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 12, 1992 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- IWH · Wabash, IN
- Destination
- MZZ · Marion, IN
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 165 total · 22 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GUS, 20 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.