# NTSB ATL89DKJ05: Hadley Teenie TWO, N8203, Guntersville, AL, June 11, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: June 11, 1989, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Guntersville, AL
- Coordinates: 34.349899, -86.270683 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3499&lon=-86.2707&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report July 29, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7835
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL89DKJ05
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7835/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89DKJ05

## Probable cause

UNDETERMINED.  FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE:  LACK OF A SUITABLE LANDING AREA, HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS, AND A DIRT BANK.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - none suitable (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHILE CRUISING AT 2000 FT MSL OVER HILLY/WOODED TERRAIN, THE ENG LOST POWER.  THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO GLIDE TO A SUITABLE AREA FOR LANDING.  HE TRIED TO LAND IN AN OPENING NEAR A HIGHWAY, THEN SAW POWER LINES & AN EMBANKMENT.  WHILE AVOIDING OBSTRUCTIONS, THE ACFT CRASH LANDED, THEN WAS EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED BY GROUND FIRE.  THE ACFT WAS MOVED BEFORE AUTHORITIES COULD MAKE AN ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8203](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8203-2020-06-19), registration cancelled 2020-06-19, S/N H11359, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HADLEY TEENIE TWO
- Registry model: [Hadley TEENIE TWO](https://openairdocs.org/model/hadley-teenie-two) (registry code 0562896) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Volkswagen CONVERSION](https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (registry code 63501, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: H11359
- Airframe hours: 400
- Engines: Volkswagen 1600CC 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Charles E. Norwood
- Registered owner: Charles E Norwood
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: 8A1, GUNTERSVILLE, AL
- Destination: 20A, ONONETA, AL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 500 total, 7 in this make and model, 500 as pilot in command, 40 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ANB, 50 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19890611059169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890611059169A), Jun 11, 1989: Amtrpk TEENIE2, Guntersville, AL, Destroyed. Engine quit at low altitude en route. Struck a ditch on forced landing.

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.

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