- Date
- June 23, 1993, 12:39 local (17:39 UTC)
- Place
- Victoria, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2157WBeech B19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930623019929A
- Case key
- 15742
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power due to a jammed carburetor float and the inability of the pilot to maintain clearance during the 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
The pilot departed from flying cloud airport to check for satisfactory oil pressure indications at normal cruise power temperature. Approximately 20 minutes into the flight, the pilot began a slow descent back to flying cloud airport. The pilot stated that approximately 30 seconds after reducing engine power from full power to 2500 RPM, the engine lost all power. The pilot elected to perform an emergency landing on a gravel road. As the pilot tried to avoid a vehicle parked on the road, he struck a telephone pole.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2157W
- Reported as
- Beech B19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB-680
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- General Aviation Services,Inc.
- Registered owner
- General Aviation Services,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- FCM · Minneapolis, MN
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 160 total · 113 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FCM, 9 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.