ENG FAILURE; CARB ICE; FORCED LNDG OFF ARPT.

Date: 1994-06 · Aircraft: Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|inflight-event-encounter-loss-of-aircraft-control|other-unspecified

Synopsis

ENG FAILURE; CARB ICE; FORCED LNDG OFF ARPT.

Narrative

ON FINAL FOR RWY 22 AT APPROX 400 AGL AND APPROX 1/4-1/2 MI OUT THE ENG BEGAN TO SPUTTER THEN IT DIED. AS SOON AS THIS HAPPENED I PITCHED FOR THE BEST GLIDE AND DROPPED THE FLAPS. AFTER THAT I BEGAN MY FLOW CHK TO ENSURE THE MIXTURE WAS RICH; FUEL ON BOTH; PROP HIGH RPM; ETC. ONE THING I DID NOT DO WAS PUT THE CARB HEAT TO WARM; BUT BY NOW IT WAS TOO LATE FOR THAT AND I NEEDED TO WORRY ABOUT FLYING THE PLANE. I THEN PROCEEDED TO INFORM MY PAX TO PREPARE FOR A CRASH LNDG WHEN I NOTED THAT WITH THE 20-25 MPH HEADWIND; I WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE RWY; INSTEAD I WAS GOING TO HIT A ROW OF PWR LINES XING THE APCH. AFTER NOTING THIS I PROCEEDED TO PITCH DOWN TO INCREASE MY AIRSPD WHICH I USED TO KEEP OVER THE PWR LINES. WHEN OVER THE LINES MY AIRSPD WAS REDUCED TO APPROX 40-45 MPH AND THE AIRPLANE WAS BASICALLY IN A CTLED FALL TO THE GND. BEFORE IMPACT I FLARED TO MINIMIZED IMPACT. THE ACFT MADE A 3 POINT LNDG; BOUNCED; THEN RAN INTO A LOG (PARKING LOT BARRIER) IN A GRAVEL ARPT PARKING LOT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE GND. I THEN INSTRUCTED MY PAX TO EXIT THE ACFT AND IN TURN HELPED HER. WE EXITED THE ACFT WITHOUT INJURY AND THERE WAS NO FIRE. THE PLANE SUFFERED SOME DAMAGE. AFTER THE INCIDENT I APPROXIMATED THAT THERE WAS ABOUT 14 GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE L TANK.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.