- Date
- May 17, 1983, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cornerstone, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4619EWeatherly 620
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830517074779A
- Case key
- 20909
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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 acft collided with a dirt bank during a forced landing after the engine quit. The plt said he was making a swath runwhen the engine quit. The flagman said he saw black smoke then white smoke as the engine quit. Post crash investigation revealed that the float fulcrum screw (p/n P13773) had backed out of the carburetor assembly. This would result in engine flooding. The screw was found in the cowling after the accident. According to the manufacturer the screw is initially safetied to a pipe plug. If installed in an acft with a fuel pressure gauge this pipe plug is removed so the screw has to be resafetied.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4619E
- Reported as
- Weatherly 620
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1513
- Airframe hours
- 369
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Tomlin Flying Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 6, 1983 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Altheimer, AR
- Airport
- NONE · None
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 11,600 total · 3,600 in this make and model · 11,538 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 4 knots, gusting 6
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.