# NTSB Accident CHI04FA203
> **Knoepflein Lancair Legacy 2000** · 2004-08-01 · Madison, WI, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI04FA203
- **Event ID:** 20040804X01144
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2004-08-01
- **Location:** Madison, WI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 43.13972, -89.337501
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Knoepflein
- **Model:** Lancair Legacy 2000
- **Registration:** N98SN
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

A loss of engine power due to high engine temperatures which resulted in a failure of the number three piston, the pilot's continued operation of the airplane with known high temperature problems, the pilot's poor inflight planning, and the pilot's failure to maintain a proper emergency descent rate.  A factor associated with the accident was the light pole that the airplane contacted.

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