- Date
- April 19, 1987, 17:07 local (22:07 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia City, IN
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5541CJagger Tierra II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870419053669A
- Case key
- 13596
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - contaminationCause
Fuel system,filter - blocked(total)Cause
Fluid,fuel - starvationCause
Forced landing
Loss of control - in flight
Terrain condition - none suitableFactor
Maneuver - attemptedCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
Analysis
Shortly after takeoff at about 100 feet AGL the engine lost power. The aircraft stalled and impacted the ground in a plowed area adjacent to the runway. The owner/pilot stated that an unidentified substance almost totally blocked the fuel filter closest to the fuel tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5541C
- Reported as
- Jagger Tierra II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 74
- Engine
- Rotax 532, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kendall L. Jagger
- Registered owner
- Kendall L Jagger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Destination
- Columbia City, IN
- Airport
- runway 11, 1,584 × 50 ft
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 97 total · 42 in this make and model · 64 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.