Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Johns Island, South Carolina 29455
Saturday, November 19, 1994 11:00 EST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP A BANNER, WHEN HE OBSERVED ROUGH ENGINE OPERATION AND POWER LOSS. HE ADDED POWER, AND THE ENGINE SPUTTERED. HE SET UP FOR A FORCED LANDING IN A TOMATO FIELD. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER IN THE SOFT GROUND. AN ENGINE RUN WAS ATTEMPTED AFTER THE ACCIDENT, AND INITIALLY THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START. THE FUEL LINES WERE CHECKED, AND THE INPUT LINE TO THE GASCOLATOR WAS FOUND TO BE BLOCKED WITH AN UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE. AFTER CLEARING AND RECONNECTING THE LINE, THE ENGINE RAN SATISFACTORILY.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO A PARTIALLY BLOCKED FUEL LINE TO THE GASCOLATOR.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 11/19/1994 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1100 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Standard Time |
| Event City | JOHNS ISLAND |
| Event State | SOUTH CAROLINA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 29455 |
| Event Date Year | 1994 |
| Event Date Month | 11 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1050 Eastern Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 345 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | CHS |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 46 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 13 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 2700 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 15 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 22 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 13 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 303 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 16 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 20 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1516 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Nov 19 1994 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1245 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 6 2000 12:35PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N3724D |
| NTSB Number | ATL95LA016 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 182A |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 182A |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 34424 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2650 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Apr 21 1994 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 32 |
| Airframe Hours | 5506 |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | JOLLYMON BANNERS, INC. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | P.O. BOX 1138 |
| Aircraft Owner City | FOLLY BEACH |
| Aircraft Owner State | SC |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 29439 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | JOLLYMON BANNERS, INC. |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | P.O. BOX 1138 |
| Operator City | FOLLY BEACH |
| Operator State | SC |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 29439 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Other Work Use |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | JZI |
| Departure City | CHARLESTON |
| Departure State | SC |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1045 |
| Departure Time Zone | EST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | JZI |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | SC |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Maneuvering |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:34AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |