# NTSB Accident ERA24FA160
> **ARTHUR B CANNING MERLIN LITE** · 2024-04-02 · Mulberry, FL, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA24FA160
- **Event ID:** 20240402194019
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2024-04-02
- **Location:** Mulberry, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 27.931275, -82.041907
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** ARTHUR B CANNING
- **Model:** MERLIN LITE
- **Registration:** N622PC
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot/builder’s modifications of the motorglider’s engine, which resulted in an excessively lean fuel air mixture, preignition, piston failure, and a subsequent total loss of engine power during the initial climb. Contributing to the outcome was the pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed and his exceedance of the motorglider’s critical angle of attack following the loss of engine power, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall/spin at an altitude too low to recover.

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