- Date
- September 24, 1990, 19:06 local (23:06 UTC)
- Place
- Mulberry, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6291KRepublic RC-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900924042249A
- Case key
- 32704
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Probable cause
An engine failure which required an emergency landing off airport.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During cruise flt at 3,000 ft, 20 miles south of the intended destination, the plt reported that smoke filled the cockpit. About 1 minute later the eng seized. During the attempted forced landing on a water filled phosphate pit, the acft collided with an embankment short of the pit, nosed over and came to rest inverted. Exam of the eng revealed that the number 4 cylinder piston was damaged circumferentially for undetermined reasons. Also discovered was the failure of the number 5 cylinder connecting rod. The eng was reportedly recently overhauled but the logbooks were inside the acft & were not recovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6291K
- Reported as
- Republic RC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 504
- Engine
- Franklin 6A8-215-B8F, 215 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Back Forty, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FXE · Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Destination
- LAL · Lakeland, FL
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 340 total · 3 in this make and model · 275 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAL, 12 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.