Davis DA-2A N2281Z

Summary

On 22 June 1982 at about 22:27 local time, a Davis DA-2A registered N2281Z, operated by H. L. Moore, was involved in an accident near Lincoln, Rhode Island, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 June 1982 at 22:27

Classification

Accident

Location

Lincoln, Rhode Island, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Davis DA-2A

Registration

N2281Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

H. L. Moore

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lincoln → Lincoln

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC82FNA16

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT WAS ON A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT TO SEE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AFTER A ROUTINE INSPECTION. JUST PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, WITNESSES HEARD THE ENGINE SPUTTER, THEN BECOME QUIET. THE PLANE WAS OBSERVED TO CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD FOR ANOTHER 300 TO 400 FT. IT THEN SUDDENLY PLUNGED TO THE GROUND AND CRASHED IN A STEEP DESCENT. A HEAVY ODOR OF FUEL WAS NOTED AT THE CRASH SITE. NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF THE ENGINE OR FLIGHT CONTROLS WAS FOUND THAT WOULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.