- Date
- September 20, 1992, 07:55 local (15:55 UTC)
- Place
- Minden, NV
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4ANAbrams/Nuding Quickie Q2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920920037599A
- Case key
- 27770
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
Fuel starvation for undetermined reasons. A factor in the accident was the unsuitable nature of the terrain for the forced landing attempt.
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 airplane had just been purchased the day before the accident and was being flown from California to Texas. The pilot stated that after departure while cruise climbing through 8400 feet MSL, the engine lost approx 300 RPM and ran rough. The pilot said he verified that the boost pump as on and the fuel pressure was normal (4.5 to 5.0 PSI.). Next the pilot noticed that the EGT was 100 to 150 degrees fahrenheit highter than normal (1200 degrees f.). The pilot richened the mixture and the EGT continued to rise with no change in power. The pilot stated that the engine abruptly lost almost all power and surged intermittently from idle to fifty percent of it's power. At that point the pilot attempted to locate an emergency landing area. The pilot stated he did not think it was carburetor ice because of the temperatures at the time. He said he felt that it was a fuel blockage or intake leak causing a lean mixture. Wreckage examination revealed no obvious mechanical malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4AN
- Reported as
- Abrams/Nuding Quickie Q2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2258
- Airframe hours
- 130
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100D, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Peter Coltman
- Registered owner
- Peter Coltman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 18, 1992 · 4 hours before
- Destination
- HTH · Hawthorne, NV
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
- 30
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,475 total · 3 in this make and model · 3,040 as pilot in command · 195 in the last 90 days · 83 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 34 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.