- Date
- April 23, 1993, 13:35 local (17:35 UTC)
- Place
- Zanesville, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N181RFBoeing E75
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930423020749A
- Case key
- 37314
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Probable cause
Improper use of the throttle by the pilot.
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 pilot was high and about 5 miles out on the approach when he pulled the throttle to idle and continued toward the runway. When he realized he was low, he advanced the throttle; however, there was no response from the engine. The pilot made a forced landing in a wooded area. No mechanical defects were found with the airplane or engine. When interviewed after the accident, the pilot agreed that the engine would need several seconds to build up power with the throttle at idle.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N181RF
- Reported as
- Boeing E75
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-5553
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas T. Ungurean
- Registered owner
- Thomas T. Ungurean
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 25, 1992 · 67 hours before
- Departed
- OH82 · Adamville, OH
- Airport
- Terry Thompson, runway 27, 2,000 × 100 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 175 total · 130 in this make and model · 130 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ZZV, 8 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 N181RF · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.