GEROGETOWN, TX, USA
N39943
BABY BIRD Q2-200
THE ACFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RWY AFTER LOSING PARTIAL PWR WHILE MANEUVERING AROUND THE ARPT. THE PLT HAD RADIOED THAT THE ENG WAS DEVELOPING ABOUT 2000 RPM. THE PLT HAD REPORTED THROTTLE PROBLEMS ON PREVIOUS FLT. DUE TO IMPACT DAMAGE IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO INSPECT THE ENGINE PROPERLY. THE ACFT HAD CLIPPED THE TOPS OF TREES SOUTH OF THE RWY AND THEN DESCENDED VERY STEEPLY TO A NOSE FIRST CRASH LANDING. THE ACFT MADE GROUND CONTACT 90 FT FROM THE TREE CONTACT POINT AND STOPPED 47 FT AFTER GROUND CONTACT. THE PLT THOUGHT THAT THE MIXTURE CONTROLS CAME PARTIALLY LOOSE ALLOWING THE MIXTURE TO PARTIALLY CLOSE REDUCING THE RPM OF THE ENG.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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