- Date
- April 23, 2010, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Livingston, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N125RTCross-Capps Breezy
- Defining event
- Emergency descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 2010
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20100423033869A
- Case key
- 75835
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Probable cause
A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The student pilot made the takeoff from runway 30. The instructor realized the engine was not producing maximum takeoff power and the airplane's climb rate had diminished. The instructor assumed control of the airplane and maneuvered the airplane onto the downwind leg for runway 12. In the attempt to return to the runway, "the airplane stalled and banked approximately 20 degrees left then right." The instructor was able to recover from the stall and realized a turn from base to final approach was not possible. He landed the airplane straight ahead on a grass field. The airplane bounced three times, collapsing the left main landing gear. A post-accident examination revealed no anomalies with the engine.
Factual narrative
On April 23, 2010, approximately 1430 central daylight time, a Cross-Capps Breezy, N124RT, registered to and operated by Intergalactic Endeavor, LLC, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain at Livingston Municipal Airport (00R), Livingston, Texas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The instructional flight was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 without a flight plan. The private pilot receiving instruction was seriously injured. The flight instructor was not injured. The local flight originated at Livingston approximately 1420. According to the instructor's accident report, the second pilot made the takeoff from runway 30. The instructor realized the engine was not producing maximum takeoff power and the airplane's climb rate had diminished. The instructor assumed control of the airplane and maneuvered the airplane onto the downwind leg for runway 12. In the attempt to return to the runway, "the airplane stalled and banked approximately 20 degrees left then right." The instructor was able to recover from the stall and realized a turn from base to final approach was not possible. He landed the airplane straight ahead on a grass field on prison property about 1,800 feet from the runway. The airplane bounced three times, collapsing the left main landing gear. The Federal Aviation Administration responded to the accident scene and reported finding no anomalies with the engine. The instructor stated the airplane's owners were not interested in determining why the engine lost power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N125RT
- Reported as
- Cross-Capps Breezy
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 030802
- Airframe hours
- 104
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-G, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Intergalactic Endeavor, LLC
- Registered owner
- Intergalactic Endeavor, LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · April 23, 2010 · 104 hours before
- Departed
- 00R · Livingston, TX
- Destination
- 00R · Livingston, TX
- Airport
- 00R · Livingston Municipal, runway 30, 3,700 × 60 ft, grass/turf
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 41
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 1, 2009
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 8,685 total · 150 in this make and model · 6,154 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 65
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 21, 2009
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 364 total · 11 in this make and model · 217 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.60 inHg
- Observed at
- CXO
Docket · 5
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 20, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.1 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.