- Date
- July 22, 1992, 19:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Burlington, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N602CHJames Snyder Challenger II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920722030079A
- Case key
- 11828
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
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
The student pilot was on a local flight for about 45 minutes, when he tried to accelerate, the airplane did not attain full power of 6100 RPM. The maximum was 4000 RPM followed by a further drop to 2200 RPM. He tried to regain power by applying the choke, priming the engine, switching magnetos, and turning off non-essential power, but all were unsuccessful. He tried to land on a road; however during touchdown he observed two persons approaching him, one on a bike, and the other in a car. He tried to avoid hitting them and veered to the right side of the road, but he collided with a street sign and telephone pole. Examination of the airplane by the FAA included an engine run, and inspection of the fuel system. According to the FAA the engine operated at 6100 RPM for a duration of 5 minutes. The loss of power could not be duplicated. There was 6 gallons of fuel on board and appeared to have oil mixed with gas.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N602CH
- Reported as
- James Snyder Challenger II (CHALLENGER)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- CH20291R0646
- Airframe hours
- 60
- Engine
- Rotax 503, 52 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James Snyder
- Registered owner
- James Snyder
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 19, 1992 · 4 hours before
- Destination
- 22B
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 44 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.