- Date
- June 19, 1993, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Malden, MO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9941UGrumman AA-5A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930619019549A
- Case key
- 9223
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Probable cause
A broken mixture control cable resulting in fuel starvation.
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 airplane was in cruise flight on a cross country when a total loss of engine power occurred. The pilot could not get engine to restart, and made a forced landing on a rural road near Malden, Missouri. The wing struck a road sign during the landing roll. The examination of the engine revealed the mixture control cable had broken at the mixture control swivel fitting, and the mixture had moved to the idle cutoff position.
Factual narrative
On June 19, 1992, at 1500 central daylight time, a Grumman AA-5A, N9941U, had a loss of engine power, and the pilot made a forced landing near Malden, Missouri. The airplane sustained substantial damage when it struck a road sign during landing rollout on a rural road. Neither the private pilot, nor the three passengers aboard the airplane were injured. The personal flight originated at the Roanoke Municipal Airport, Roanoke, Virginia, at 1130 eastern daylight time, with an intended destination of Malden, Missouri. No flight plan was filed, and visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time.
The airplane was examined by an FAA certificated mechanic at Malden Ag-Craft, Inc. The examination revealed the mixture control wire had broken at the mixture control swivel, and the mixture control had moved to the idle cutoff position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9941U
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5A0341
- Airframe hours
- 3,900
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph L. Hubbard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 30, 1992 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- ROA · Roanoke, VA
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 607 total · 250 in this make and model · 595 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 32 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CGI, 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.