ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 215507
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 September 2018 |
| Time: | 20:10 |
| Type: |  Velocity 173RG |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N67WR |
| MSN: | 422109601 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 181 hours |
| Engine model: | Franklin 6A-350-C1R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tri-Cities Airport (KTRI), Bristol/Johnson/Kingsport, TN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Columbus, GA (CSG) |
| Kingsport, TN (TRI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot reported that, during a low power visual approach to land, the experimental, amateur-built airplane became low and slow on final approach. When he increased power to arrest the descent, the engine did not respond, and the airplane continued to descend, stalled, and impacted the approach lighting system and terrain before coming to rest about 400 ft short of the runway threshold. The fuselage, canard, and both wings sustained substantial damage. Postaccident examination of the airplane did not reveal any evidence of a preimpact mechanical malfunction or failure that would have precluded normal operation.
Weather conditions at the time were conducive to the formation of serious carburetor icing at glide power. The carburetor heat lever was found in the off position, and the pilot reported that he did not use carburetor heat for the approach to landing; thus, carburetor ice likely formed and reduced the power available to stop the descent into the approach lights and terrain.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to use carburetor heat in conditions conducive to serious carburetor icing at glide power, which resulted in a partial loss of power and an aerodynamic stall.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N67WR/history/20180919/2200Z/KCSG/KTRI
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N67WR%20
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 October 2011 | N67WR | Private | 0 | Sebastian Municipal Golf Course, Sebastion, FL | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Sep-2018 03:34 | Geno | Added |
| 27-Nov-2019 07:16 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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