Republic RC-3 N6191K

Summary

On 4 September 1983 at about 15:00 local time, a Republic RC-3 registered N6191K was involved in an accident near Gilderland, New York, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 September 1983 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Gilderland, New York, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Republic RC-3

Registration

N6191K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Esperance

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC83LA236

Nobody was injured.

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

ON THE DAY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE IN A HAY FIELD AFTER THE ENG LOST POWER. AN EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED A DEFECTIVE FUEL LINE. THE FUEL LINE WAS REPAIRED. DURING A GROUND RUN-UP, THE ENG PRODUCED FULL POWER & THE MAGNETO CHECK WAS NORMAL. HOWEVER, DURING A TAKEOFF, THE ENG LOST POWER AGAIN AT APRX 40 FT AGL. THE PLT REPORTED THAT WHILE HE WAS IN A LEFT TURN TO AVOID TREES, CONTROL EFFECTIVENESS WAS LOST & HE COULD NOT LEVEL THE WINGS. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT CRASHED & WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. AN EXAM OF THE ACFT DISCLOSED FOREIGN MATERIAL IN THE INLET ELBOW OF THE GAS STRAINER. THE PLT STATED THAT THE MATERIAL WAS A BALL OF GUMMY RUST. IN A DIAGRAM DEPICTING ITS LOCATION, HE SHOWED THAT IT WAS NEXT TO A DEFECTIVE HOSE CONNECTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.