Jeff Pierson PIERSON PUSHER N75FM

Summary

On 30 September 1990 at about 19:20 local time, a Jeff Pierson PIERSON PUSHER registered N75FM, operated by Muntwyler, Frederic C., was involved in an accident near Kankakee, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

30 September 1990 at 19:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Kankakee, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Kankakee (IKK)

Coordinates

41.1107, -87.8600

Aircraft

Jeff Pierson PIERSON PUSHER

Registration

N75FM

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Muntwyler, Frederic C.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI90DEE10

1 person died.

A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO ACTIVATION OF CARBURETOR CHOKE AND AN INADVERTENT STALL DURING THE FORCED LANDING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

A HOMEBUILT AIRPLANE ON TAKEOFF CLIMBOUT WAS OBSERVED WITH MAIN GEAR RETRACTED AND NOSE GEAR EXTENDED. WITNESSES RECOUNT THE ENGINE SPUTTERING, FOLLOWED BY A STALL AND A UNCONTROLLED DESCENT TO GROUND. THE CARBURETOR CHOKE PLATE WAS FOUND CLOSED. THE PILOT HAD INSTALLED A POSITIVE DOWNLOCK ON THE NOSEGEAR TO PREVENT RETRACTION UNLESS A PULL-TO-RELEASE HANDLE IN THE COCKPIT WERE USED. THE HANDLE TO ENABLE NOSEGEAR RETRACTION RESEMBLED THE CHOKE HANDLE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.