- Date
- March 18, 1985, 16:24 local (Mar 19, 1985, 00:24 UTC)
- Place
- Fremont, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2297Stracener Experimental SX
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850318041589A
- Case key
- 24479
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was being leased to the atr plt by the registered owner. This was the plt's first flt in the acft. Weather conditions were conducive for carburetor icing. Just prior to takeoff the owner advised the plt that the acft was equipped with a low pressure carburetor which was very suseptible to icing. The plt reported he had a rough running eng, declared an emerg, & said he was returning to the arpt. Subsequently he reported that he would have to put it in short. Witnesses said the eng was sputtering, popping, & cutting out just before it quit. The acft then entered a left bank, lost alt, crashed & burned. Final descent angle was at least 60 degrees. No mechanical problems were found with the eng, or any of its components, during eng disadsembly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2297
- Reported as
- Stracener Experimental SX
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 32
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James M Allen
- Registered owner
- Ivan R. Stracener
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 15, 1985 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- HWD · Hayward, CA
- Airport
- Q59 · Fremont
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 13,600 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HWD, 11 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.