Jacobs KE-1-A N24KJ

Summary

On 1 September 2001 at about 23:30 local time, a Jacobs KE-1-A registered N24KJ, operated by Valerie A. van Brocklin, was involved in an accident near Willow, Alaska, United States. One person was 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

1 September 2001 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Willow, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

61.8083, -149.9667

Aircraft

Jacobs KE-1-A

Registration

N24KJ

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Valerie A. van Brocklin

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Anchorage → Stephan Lake

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC01LA141

Nobody was injured.

A loss of engine power during cruise flight for an undertermined reason.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private certificated pilot departed on a personal cross-country flight in a float-equipped experimental/homebuilt airplane. The airplane was one of two airplanes headed for a remote lake. The pilot said that during cruise flight about 2,300 feet msl, the engine lost power, decreasing from 2,350 to about 1,500 RPM. She activated the engine boost pump, and the engine RPM increased, but then decreased again. The pilot said she made several attempts to regain engine RPM by the use of the boost pump and engine throttle, but the engine quit. The pilot selected a small lake for an emergency landing, but the airplane touched down in an area of soft, swampy terrain, about 50 yards short of the lake. During the landing roll, the left wing collided with a tree, sustaining damage to the wing spar. During repairs of the airplane, the operator reported that no mechanical malfunction was found.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.