- Date
- March 26, 1983, 14:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Escondido, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N68127Ware Teenie TWO
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830326009809A
- Case key
- 23558
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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 eng lost power while cruising at 3000 feet. The pilot determined that the engine power loss was due to a restricted fuel line just ahead of the gascolator. A restriction of the inlet port of the gasocalator resulted from electrolytic corrosion of a steel plug in the auxiliary inlet port in the aluminum housing of the gascolator. The corrosion buildup apparently became dislodged clogging the adjacent port. The pilot/builder recommended caution in the use of dissimilar metals in the fuel system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68127
- Reported as
- Ware Teenie TWO
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 5-10630
- Airframe hours
- 68
- Engine
- Volkswagen 1835, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Glenn A. Ware
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 25, 1982 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- SDM · San Diego, CA
- Destination
- CNO · Chino, CA
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 326 total · 68 in this make and model · 186 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.