- Date
- November 7, 1992, 14:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- San Marcos, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N151TGTodd Goudeau KR-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921107045749A
- Case key
- 18613
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Probable cause
Power loss due to carburetor icing. Factors were the unsuitable landing area and no carburetor deice system installed on the powerplant.
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
During cruise flight the volkswagen powered experimental homebuilt airplane sustained a total non mechanical loss of power and was forced to land on unsuitable terrain where it nosed over. The conditions in flight were conducive for carburetor icing and the pilot later stated that was probably what occurred. A teardown of the engine and tests of the components did not reveal any anomalies. The engine used a throttle body with a sliding air regulator instead of a carburetor. There was no carburetor deice system installed on the engine. The pilot reported that outside air temperature was 58 degrees and the dew point was 35 degrees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N151TG
- Reported as
- Todd Goudeau KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 7186
- Airframe hours
- 183
- Engine
- Volkswagen 1835CC, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Myers, Harry E.
- Registered owner
- Melyon, Solly
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 30, 1992 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- IWS · Houston, TX
- Destination
- T82 · Fredericksburg, TX
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 1 in this make and model · 35 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- T98, 12 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.