Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary NYC86DNC06

WOLFEBORO, NH, USA

Aircraft #1

N13CH

HANSEN HAWK 304

Analysis

THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH A BUICK V-8 ALUMINUM BLOCK ENGINE EXPERIENCED POWER LOSS ON APPROACH FOR LANDING. THE PILOT DECIDED THAT THE DISTANCE AND TERRAIN WAS TOO GREAT FOR A GLIDE TO THE AIRPORT, AND AN EMERGENCY WATER LANDING IN A NEARBY LAKE WAS MADE. THE ENGINE WAS TESTED AND NO DISCREPANCIES WERE DISCOVERED.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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