GA small aircraft forced landing due engine failure.

Attributes
ACN	81062
Time
Date	198801
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : rdu
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 4000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	cruise other landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 2 flight time total : 838 flight time type : 176
ASRS Report	81062
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

1/sat/88 a GA small aircraft lost engine power and made a forced off airport landing 35 NM from departure airport. The wing tanks were full but neither changing tanks nor using carburetor heat would correct the power loss. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: when FBO maintenance started to repair/replace damaged nose gear they found a broken engine mount and decided to dismantle the aircraft and truck it back to the airport. After reassembly the engine started and worked normally. The cause of the engine problem was never determined, but is thought to have been carburetor ice.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA SMA FORCED LNDG DUE ENGINE FAILURE.

Narrative: 1/SAT/88 A GA SMA LOST ENG PWR AND MADE A FORCED OFF ARPT LNDG 35 NM FROM DEP ARPT. THE WING TANKS WERE FULL BUT NEITHER CHANGING TANKS NOR USING CARB HEAT WOULD CORRECT THE PWR LOSS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: WHEN FBO MAINT STARTED TO REPAIR/REPLACE DAMAGED NOSE GEAR THEY FOUND A BROKEN ENG MOUNT AND DECIDED TO DISMANTLE THE ACFT AND TRUCK IT BACK TO THE ARPT. AFTER REASSEMBLY THE ENG STARTED AND WORKED NORMALLY. THE CAUSE OF THE ENG PROB WAS NEVER DETERMINED, BUT IS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN CARB ICE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.