- Date
- June 29, 1988, 06:48 local (10:48 UTC)
- Place
- Manassas, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N70JTerry Osprey II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880629024269A
- Case key
- 11345
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that on initial climb at an alt of 300 ft AGL, engine power began to decay. A right turn was initiated to return to the runway but a further loss of power was experienced and a forced landing was attempted in a field. The acft contacted trees and came to rest in a wooded area on the arpt property. Post accident inspection revealed that the throttle cable came loose at the throttle lever inside the cockpit. The carburetor was not spring loaded to keep the throttle at full power. This was the maiden flt of the homebuilt/experimental acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70J
- Reported as
- Terry Osprey II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James L. Terry
- Registered owner
- Terry, James L
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · June 22, 1988
- Departed
- W10
- Airport
- W10 · Manassas, runway 34R, 5,700 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,197 total · 1,885 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.