What happened
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(.19)On July 8, 1999, at 1615 pacific daylight time, a homebuilt RV4, N9233A, registered to and operted by the second pilot as a 14 CFR 91 personal flight, initiated a forced landing to an open field shortly after takeoff from Hobby field, Creswell, Oregon, after the engine experienced a loss of power. The aircraft landed hard and was substantially damaged. Visual meteorological condtions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The flight instructor and private pilot were not injured. The flight instructor reported that he was seated in the rear seat with the private pilot in the front seat. The flight instructor stated that the private pilot was prracticing touch-and-go landings. During the takeoff from the fourth landing, the private pilot mistakenly partially pulled off the mixture control instead of the throttle. The engine lost power and a forced landing was initiated to an open field located about 2,000 yards north of the airstrip. The flight instructor reported that there is only throttle control in the rear seat and no mixture control. (-23)the aircraft was making touch and go landings at the Creswell, orgon a irport. On the fourth touch and go, the occupant in the front seat of the aircraft mistakenly pulled the mixture control lever out during take off. The aircraft engine lost power. The pilot in the back seat made an emergency landing in the hay field adjacent to the runway. The instruments and the mixture and throttle levers were obstructed from the pilot's view by the occupant in the front seat.
As the FAA filed it
(.19)ON JULY 8, 1999, AT 1615 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A HOMEBUILT RV4, N9233A, REGISTERED TO AND OPERTED BY THE SECOND PILOT AS A 14 CFR 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, INITIATED A FORCED LANDING TO AN OPEN FIELD SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM HOBBY FIELD, CRESWELL, OREGON, AFTER THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDTIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND PRIVATE PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT HE WAS SEATED IN THE REAR SEAT WITH THE PRIVATE PILOT IN THE FRONT SEAT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS PRRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS. DURING THE TAKEOFF FROM THE FOURTH LANDING, THE PRIVATE PILOT MISTAKENLY PARTIALLY PULLED OFF THE MIXTURE CONTROL INSTEAD OF THE THROTTLE. THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND A FORCED LANDING WAS INITIATED TO AN OPEN FIELD LOCATED ABOUT 2,000 YARDS NORTH OF THE AIRSTRIP. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT THERE IS ONLY THROTTLE CONTROL IN THE REAR SEAT AND NO MIXTURE CONTROL. (-23)THE AIRCRAFT WAS MAKING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT THE CRESWELL, ORGON A IRPORT. ON THE FOURTH TOUCH AND GO, THE OCCUPANT IN THE FRONT SEAT OF THE AIRCRAFT MISTAKENLY PULLED THE MIXTURE CONTROL LEVER OUT DURING TAKE OFF. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT IN THE BACK SEAT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE HAY FIELD ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. THE INSTRUMENTS AND THE MIXTURE AND THROTTLE LEVERS WERE OBSTRUCTED FROM THE PILOT'S VIEW BY THE OCCUPANT IN THE FRONT SEAT.
NTSB investigation
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