- Date
- December 10, 1983, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Montgomery, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3772LHomebuilt Spad Xiii
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831210060359A
- Case key
- 35400
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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 acft lost power about 1 mile from the arpt and the plt made a forced landing on a farm. The acft nosed over. The weather conditions were conducive to carburetor icing and this acft has no provision for carburetor heat control.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3772L
- Reported as
- Homebuilt Spad Xiii
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 42877
- Engine
- Buick 400, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George Dangleman
- Registered owner
- Ralph Lombard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- MGJ · Montgomery, NY
- Destination
- NY
- Airport
- MGJ · Orange, runway 26, 4,000 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 1 in this make and model · 3,750 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.