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MKC87LA127

1987-06-23 · LINCOLN, Nebraska, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

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AFTER COMPLETING AN IFR SIMULATED NDB APPROACH TO RUNWAY 35L, PIC SIDE-STEPPED TO LAND VFR ON 35R. DURING BASE LEG ACFT HAD A PARTIAL POWER LOSS FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY TOTAL POWER LOSS. PIC INFORMED CONTROL TOWER OF THE EMERGENCY AND MADE A FORCED LDG IN A FARM FIELD. DURING THE LANDING ROLL ACFT NOSED OVER AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. PIC AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. A TOXICOLOGICAL ANALYSES TO DETERMINE ALCOHOL INVOLVEMENT OF THE PIC PROVED NEGATIVE. WX COND WERE CONDUCIVE TO THE FORMATION OF CARBURETOR ICE. NO MALFUNCTION OF THE ENG COULD BE FOUND ON POST ACC INSPECTION. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_MKC87LA127.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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