- Date
- April 13, 1990, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Altoona, AL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N36RHHood Quickie
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900413022829A
- Case key
- 8088
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight and a blocked fuel vent, which resulted in fuel starvation.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During flight, the engine lost power. Subsequently, the aircraft collided with trees when the pilot was unable to stop in the emergency landing area that was selected. An investigation revealed that fuel was remaining, but the vent port was clogged by mud from an insect west.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36RH
- Reported as
- Hood Quickie
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 75-RHI
- Engine
- Onan B48M-GA018, 18 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael E. Kiernan
- Registered owner
- Michael E Keirnan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- GAD · Gadsden, AL
- Destination
- DCU · Decatur, AL
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 73 total · 1 in this make and model · 55 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.