Barber Warren D TURBINE CUBS P A 18 N181TJ

Summary

On 15 October 2017 at about 16:00 local time, a Barber Warren D TURBINE CUBS P A 18 registered N181TJ was involved in an accident near Skull Valley, Utah, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

15 October 2017 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Skull Valley, Utah, United States

Coordinates

40.6092, -112.8364

Aircraft

Barber Warren D TURBINE CUBS P A 18

Registration

N181TJ

Category

Airplane

Year built

2009

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

West Jordan → West Jordan

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR18LA009

Nobody was injured.

The activation of the wheel brakes during landing, which resulted in a nose-over. The reason for the wheel brake activation could not be determined.

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Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot reported that he had just completed a low altitude pass and that when he applied power to initiate a climb, the engine "stumbled slightly and seemed to hesitate." The pilot applied carburetor heat due to concerns about carburetor ice and then applied full power. The engine again seemed to hesitate, and the pilot initiated a precautionary landing to an open salt flat. Shortly after touchdown, the airplane nosed over. The pilot reported that after he exited the airplane, he noted that both main wheel brakes were engaged, however neither he nor his passenger actuated the brake pedals during the landing sequence. A postaccident examination of the wheel brakes revealed no evidence of a preexisting malfunction or failure with the brakes. Examination of the engine revealed that one of the two carburetor temperature probe wires were separated from an electrical connector, consistent with a bad crimp. The disconnected wire would have prevented the carburetor air temperature from being displayed on the airplane's avionics panel. The examination revealed no additional findings or evidence of a preexisting mechanical malfunction that would have precluded normal operation. The atmospheric conditions in the area at the time of the accident were conducive to the formation of carburetor ice at glide and cruise power. It is likely that the hesitation in the engine performance reported by the pilot was the initial stages of the accumulation of ice in the carburetor, which precipitated the off-airport precautionary landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.