Darrow Stephen AL-6 N61262

Summary

On 13 July 2011 at about 17:47 local time, a Darrow Stephen AL-6 registered N61262 was involved in an accident near Peyton, Colorado, 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

13 July 2011 at 17:47

Classification

Accident

Location

Peyton, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Meadow Lake Airport (FLY)

Coordinates

38.9397, -104.5386

Aircraft

Darrow Stephen AL-6

Registration

N61262

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Alamosa → Peyton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN11LA490

Nobody was injured.

The loss of engine power during the descent for reasons that could not be determined because a thorough examination of the engine could not be completed due to the remote accident site.

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Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that the engine lost power during the descent to land. The pilot was unable to restart the engine and could not reach the destination airport, so he performed a forced landing in a nearby field. About 20 gallons of fuel was drained from the airplane’s fuel tanks after the forced landing. The pilot described a history of recent fuel mixture control problems. He stated that during a previous flight, the airplane’s engine appeared to be surging and did not shut down normally when he brought the mixture control to its idle cut-off position. After that incident, the pilot removed the airplane’s fuel mixture control, had it repaired, and then reinstalled it on the airplane. The pilot stated that after he reinstalled the fuel mixture control, he experienced two additional unexplained losses of engine power, but he continued to operate the airplane. Although it is possible that the fuel mixture control reinstallation was not properly done, it was not possible to determine the reason for the loss of engine power because the engine and its systems were not examined due to the remote location of the accident site.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.