- Date
- January 7, 1988, 13:18 local (21:18 UTC)
- Place
- Upland, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N2QSmith DSA-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880107000249A
- Case key
- 25715
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that he had performed a moderate to severe 'noseover' at 4000 ft AGL. The engine started to run rough and then quit. The pilot stated that he had performed maintenance on the carburetor just prior to this flight. An emergency landing was made near the airport where the aircraft collided with a perimeter fence and a dirt embankment. During the postaccident inspection of the engine no mechanical failures or malfunctions were found. The carburetor floatbowl was found empty of fuel, however, and the fuel line to the carburetor contained fuel and was unrestricted. The fuel tank held aprx 5 gals of fuel. The aircraft was not equipped with an inverted flight carburetor/fuel system. A stuck carburetor float would have caused the described power loss.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2Q
- Reported as
- Smith DSA-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- MH-101
- Airframe hours
- 242
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George Batterton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 30, 1987 · 33 hours before
- Airport
- CCB · Cable Airport, runway 24, 3,785 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 60
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,050 total · 250 in this make and model · 40 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.