- Date
- November 11, 1987, 17:58 local (23:58 UTC)
- Place
- Dallas, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N876QPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871111076199A
- Case key
- 22596
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that the acft was no. 3 in the pattern for landing on rwy 17. He said carb heat was applied on downwind and eng power was used until the acft was on a 3 mi final. At that point pwr was reduced and a glide was established. A short time later the plt advanced the throttle to adjust the glide and the eng would not accelerate above idle. The temp/dew pt at an airport 10 mi n of the acdt site was 55 deg f and 29 deg f respectively. The acft was rebuilt and the eng was run at the conclusion of the rebuild project on 1/14/89. The eng ran normally and no evidence of a mechanical cause for the loss of pwr was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N876Q
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7881
- Airframe hours
- 1,708
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jack Allmon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1987 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- ROB
- Destination
- RBD
- Airport
- RBD
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 570 total · 106 in this make and model · 505 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 150° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RBD
FAA reports on this event · 1
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