# NTSB NYC84FHM03: Homebuilt Spad Xiii, N3772L, Montgomery, NY, December 10, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: December 10, 1983, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place: Montgomery, NY
- Coordinates: 41.520366, -74.230911 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5204&lon=-74.2309&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35400
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84FHM03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35400/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FHM03

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - fuel system,carburetor - ice (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - carburetor icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - fire warning system,cargo - lack of (cause)
  - anti-ice/deice system,carburetor/heat - lack of (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3772L-2014-07-29), registration cancelled 2014-07-29, S/N 42877, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HOMEBUILT SPAD XIII
- Registry model: [Lombardi Ralph J SPAD-XIII C1 FIGHTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/lombardi-ralph-j-spad-xiii-c1-fighter) (registry code 05608G3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 42877
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831210060359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831210060359A), Dec 10, 1983: Amtr SPAD13, Montgomery, NY, Substantial damage. Engine roughened and quit on first test hop. Cool with high humidity. No carburetor heat installed on buick engine.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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