Aviation Accident Summary FTW89DRD16

FRANKLINTON, LA, USA

Aircraft #1

N2AT

SOURS/MIDGET MUSTANG SM-1

Analysis

DURING FLIGHT, THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY & WAS VECTORED TO AN AIRPORT. JUST BEFORE TURNING BASE, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED TREES AND CRASHED. NO REASON WAS FOUND FOR THE POWER LOSS.

Probable Cause and Findings

A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. TREES IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA WERE A RELATED FACTOR.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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