- Date
- August 24, 1983, 13:25 local (17:25 UTC)
- Place
- Dunkirk, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5686LAmerican AA-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830824048769A
- Case key
- 35260
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Analysis
At aprx 0955 EDT, the plt took off from schenectady, NY with 24 gal of fuel on board. About 2 1/2 hrs later, while on a downwind to land at Dunkirk, NY, he applied carburetor heat & then the eng lost power. The carburetor heat was shut off & a restart was attempted, but to no avail. During a forced landing in a field, the nose gear, lower cowl & horizontal stabilizer were substantially damaged. The plt reported that he should have check the fuel tanks while at altitude & switched the selector to the fullest tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5686L
- Reported as
- American AA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA1-0086
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Neal Rzepkowski
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1983
- Departed
- SCH · Schenectady, NY
- Destination
- DKK · Dunkirk, NY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- DKK · Dunkirk
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 105 total · 6 in this make and model · 60 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFD, 40 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.
Other investigations on N5686L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.