- Date
- April 4, 1993, 19:15 local (Apr 5, 1993, 03:15 UTC)
- Place
- Wasco, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N827HRoy Rey Avid Flyer
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930404007919A
- Case key
- 27952
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Probable cause
Carburetor icing. Factors relating to the accident were the lack of a carburetor heat control system and the freshly plowed field.
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 experimental airplane experienced a power loss during cruise flight. The pilot attempted to execute a forced landing in a freshly plowed field, but nosed over in the soft soil. The pilot stated that all he could think of is carb icing. He stated that the temperature was dropping fast, with air temperature at 66 degrees f (fahrenheit), dew point 38 degrees f. the aircraft engine is not equipped with a carburetor heat system. According to the icing probability charts, the flight conditions were such that the probability for carburetor icing was high during cruise and gliding flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N827H
- Reported as
- Roy Rey Avid Flyer
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 827
- Airframe hours
- 58
- Engine
- Rotax 582UL, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roy G. Rey
- Registered owner
- Roy G. Rey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- MIT · Shafter, CA
- Destination
- L45 · Bakersfield, 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 119 total · 58 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N827H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.