- Date
- July 22, 1984, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Panama City, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3783GMosley High School Acro - Sport #1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840722034299A
- Case key
- 31157
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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 plt inadvertantly shut off the mixture when he retarded the throttle for landing. When the throttle was later advanced the engine did not respond. The plt took no corrective action to restart the engine and made a forced landing short of the arpt. The plt did suggest that the mixture and throttle be further separated and differentiated to help avoid this situation and that other plt/owners/builders be advised of the potential problem.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3783G
- Reported as
- Mosley High School Acro - Sport #1 (ACRO - SPO)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1981
- Airframe hours
- 16
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mosley High School
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- Sandy Creek Airpark, runway 9, 3,750 × ft, grass/turf
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
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 20,000 total · 1 in this make and model · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TLH, 27 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.