- Date
- October 22, 1992, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Buffalo, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N199King BOWERS-FLYBABY
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921022043109A
- Case key
- 15573
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Probable cause
Partial loss of engine power due to improper installation of the carburetor, by the pilot/owner.
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 pilot experienced a partial loss of engine power after takeoff and made a forced landing in a plowed field one-half mile from airstrip. The investigation revealed that the throttle cable was disconnected from the throttle body of the carburetor. The pilot/owner had removed and reinstalled the carburetor two hours before the flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N199
- Reported as
- King BOWERS-FLYBABY (BOWERS-FLY)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2040-1A
- Airframe hours
- 77
- Engine
- Franklin 4AC176C-D-F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Neil G. Kovash
- Registered owner
- Neil G. Kovash
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 8, 1992 · 71 hours before
- Departed
- Y20
- Destination
- Y20
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 287 total · 75 in this make and model · 287 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAR, 30 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.