Homebuilt EAA BIPLANE N3140B

Summary

On 2 July 1983 at about 22:27 local time, a Homebuilt EAA BIPLANE registered N3140B was involved in an accident near Petersburg, Virginia, 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

2 July 1983 at 22:27

Classification

Accident

Location

Petersburg, Virginia, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Homebuilt EAA BIPLANE

Registration

N3140B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Petersburg → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL83LA253

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 PLT TOOK OFF, CIRCLED THE FIELD, THEN STARTED TO DEPART AT APRX 1000 FT. A SHORT TIME LATER, THE ENG LOST POWER & COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. THE PLT ELECTED TO LAND ON A ROAD. WHILE ON A SHORT FINAL TO LAND, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A POWER LINE. REPORTEDLY, THE POWER LINE SHEARED OFF THE GEAR & A BELLY LANDING WAS MADE IN THE ROAD. AN INVESTIGAITON REVEALED THAT A VENTURI HAD COME LOOSE ON THE MARVEL SCHEBLER MA-3 CARBURETOR. AFTER THE CARBURETOR WAS REPAIRED, IT WOULD OPERATE NORMALLY. THE HOME BUILT ACFT HAD A TOTAL FLT TIME OF 16 HR. THE ACCUMULATED FLT TIME ON THE ENG WAS APRX 450 HRS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.