# Accident 20190810013689A: Anderson Christopher PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER, Newark, OH, August 10, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2019, 09:00 local time
- Place: Newark, OH
- Airport: Newark Heath Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0247° N, 82.4619° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0247&lon=-82.4619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N899DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N899DA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Anderson Christopher PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER (registry code 05638FG, https://openairdocs.org/model/anderson-christopher-pietenpol-aircamper) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Corvair 100HP (registry code 18004, https://openairdocs.org/engine/corvair-100hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ANDERSON CHRISTOPHER PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 710 total, 2 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19LA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA262) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190810013689A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON AUGUST 10 AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 27 FROM KVTA (NEWARK HEATH AIRPORT, OHIO) . PILOT REPORTED AIRSPEED INDICATION OF 40 TO 45 MPH AT ROTATION AND CLIMB OUT SPEED OF 50 MPH.  PILOT REPORTS "AIRCRAFT SEEMED TO BE BEHIND THE POWER CURVE.  DIDN'T SEEM TO BE PRODUCING ENOUGH POWER."  PILOT REPORTS LOOKING FOR A FIELD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER ATTAINING APPROXIMATELY 150-200 FEET AGL AND A DISTANCE OF AROUND .75 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT WITH CONTINUED LACK OF SUFFICIENT POWER TO CLIMB AT AN ACCEPTABLE RATE TO THE PILOT.  PILOT REPORTS A LEFT WING STALL AND ATTEMPTED A RIGHT AILERON RECOVERY AT WHICH POINT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO STALL LEFT AND IMPACTED TERRAIN IN A BEAN FIELD.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND MINOR INJURIES TO THE PILOT.  NO POST CRASH FIRE.  AIRCRAFT DESTROYED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN19LA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA262), Aug 10, 2019: Pietenpol Aircamper (N899DA), Newark, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The engine’s failure to produce full power for reasons that could not be determined.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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