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A beechcraft staggerwing pilot reported losing engine power around 700 feet and landing straight ahead with his gear up.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1424776 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201702 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Stagger Wing 17 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Carburetor |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 3 Flight Crew Total 2593 Flight Crew Type 18 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural FAR Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
I was flying about 700 feet AGL; when the engine sputtered and quit (I believe it was caused by carburetor icing.) I pushed the throttle ahead full; pulled carb heat and pumped the hand pump with no results so I ended up landed in the only safe place to land that would also cause the least damage to the aircraft. I landed gear up on the snow in a swamp instead of the woods.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Beechcraft Staggerwing pilot reported losing engine power around 700 feet and landing straight ahead with his gear up.
Narrative: I was flying about 700 feet AGL; when the engine sputtered and quit (I believe it was caused by carburetor icing.) I pushed the throttle ahead full; pulled carb heat and pumped the hand pump with no results so I ended up landed in the only safe place to land that would also cause the least damage to the aircraft. I landed gear up on the snow in a swamp instead of the woods.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.