Fleetwood Jack TEAM AIRBIKE N7566D

Summary

On 11 October 2017 at about 14:00 local time, a Fleetwood Jack TEAM AIRBIKE registered N7566D was involved in an accident near Ocean Springs, Mississippi, 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

11 October 2017 at 14:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Ocean Springs, Mississippi, United States

Nearest airport

Ocean Springs (5R2)

Coordinates

30.3894, -88.7533

Aircraft

Fleetwood Jack TEAM AIRBIKE

Registration

N7566D

Category

Airplane

Year built

2005

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ocean Springs → Ocean Springs

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC18LA002

Nobody was injured.

An intermittent failure of the power take-off cylinder ignition coil, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

During a prebuy inspection flight, the airline transport pilot reduced engine power to test the airplane's slow-speed handling characteristics. He then increased the throttle to restore full engine power, but the engine seemed to "bog down" and lose power. He then lowered the airplane's nose, and engine power was restored. The pilot then chose to return to the airport, and while on approach, the engine again began to lose power, but lowering the airplane's nose did not increase the rpm this time. The pilot realized the airplane would be unable to reach the airport, so he conducted an off-airport landing in a residential area, during which the airplane impacted a fence. A postaccident engine run revealed that, after running at various power settings, when the power was reduced, the engine bogged down and backfired through the power takeoff (PTO) carburetor, and the rpm would not increase. The PTO cylinder ignition coil was replaced with a serviceable coil, and the engine was restarted for several minutes and run through various power setting. The engine accelerated normally without backfiring, hesitating, or stumbling. It is likely that, during the accident flight, the PTO cylinder ignition coil broke down, which resulted in an intermittent spark at the PTO spark plug and a partial loss of engine power.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.