Eiriavion Oy PIK 20E N83FU

Summary

On 4 July 1983 at about 00:40 local time, a Eiriavion Oy PIK 20E registered N83FU was involved in an accident near Hemet, California, 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 July 1983 at 00:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Hemet, California, United States

Nearest airport

Hemet (HMT)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Eiriavion Oy PIK 20E

Registration

N83FU

Category

Glider

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83FUG16

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

THE ACFT MADE A HARD LANDING OFF THE RUNWAY SURFACE AFTER THE ENGINE LOST POWER DURING A GO-AROUND. THIS WAS A MOTOR GLIDER AND THE PILOT SAID HE PLANNED THIS MISSED APPROACH GO-AROUND MANEUVER PRIOR TO HIS APPROACH. AT ABOUT 400 FT AGL HE APPLIED FULL THROTTLE BUT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT DEVELOP FULL POWER SO THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE A 180 DEGREE TURN AND LAND DOWNWIND. THE INITIAL APPROACH WAS TO RWY 22 WITH THE WIND FROM 200 DEGREES AT 10 KTS. UNABLE TO REACH THE RWY FOR LANDING HE LANDED ON THE ARPT IN A ROUGH DIRT GRASS AREA. TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED AT ABOUT 45 KTS AND A WING WAS DRAGGED DURING ROLL-OUT. THE PILOT REPORTED THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS A CLOGGED FUEL FILTER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.