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Waynesboro, MS
THE ACFT NOSED OVER DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER A POWER LOSS. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES THE ACFT MADE A CLIMBING TURN AFTER TAKEOFF FOLLOWED BY A LOW PASS NEAR THE WITNESSES. THE ACFT THEN DISAPPEARED BEHIND SOME TREES AND WHEN IT REAPPEARED THE ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING. THE ACFT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD EAST OF THE ARPT AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE PLT STATED AFTER THE ACCIDENT THAT THE CARBURETOR ACCELERATOR PUMP HAD BEEN MOVED BY PERSONS UNKNOWN FROM THE LEAN OR NORMAL POSITION TO THE RICH POSITION WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO FLOOD AND FAIL UPON RAPID THROTTLE APPLICATION.
THE ACFT NOSED OVER DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER A POWER LOSS. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES THE ACFT MADE A CLIMBING TURN AFTER TAKEOFF FOLLOWED BY A LOW PASS NEAR THE WITNESSES. THE ACFT THEN DISAPPEARED BEHIND SOME TREES AND WHEN IT REAPPEARED THE ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING. THE ACFT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD EAST OF THE ARPT AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE PLT STATED AFTER THE ACCIDENT THAT THE CARBURETOR ACCELERATOR PUMP HAD BEEN MOVED BY PERSONS UNKNOWN FROM THE LEAN OR NORMAL POSITION TO THE RICH POSITION WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO FLOOD AND FAIL UPON RAPID THROTTLE APPLICATION.