NTSB CAROL · Event
Event BFO86FA016
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WITNESSES OBSERVED BLACK SMOKE TRAILING FROM THE AIRCRAFT SHORTLY AFTER LIFTOFF AND CONTINUE UNTIL GROUND IMPACT. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE FIRST NOTICED AN ENGINE ROUGHNESS ABOUT 100-200 FEET IN THE AIR AND THOUGHT IT WAS SIMILAR TO AN ENGINE THAT WAS RUNNING TO RICH. HE ELECTED NOT TO TRY AND ABORT THE TAKEOFF BUT TO TRY AND PERFORM A NORMAL TRAFFIC PATTERN AND COME AROUND AND LAND AGAIN. POWER CONTINUED TO DECREASE WITH THE RESULT BEING THAT HE WAS FORCED TO ATTEMPT TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT IN A NEARBY FIELD, COLLIDING WITH THE ONLY HOUSE LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE FIELD. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE ENGINE DID NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED LOSS OF POWER. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
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