- Date
- August 7, 1988, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Jacobson, MN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N11RACessna T337D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880807035189A
- Case key
- 13893
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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.
Analysis
During the climb from takeoff, the front engine sustained a total power loss due to a fuel leak. The pilot secured the engine, however was unable to maintain altitude, losing about 50 ft per minute. Due to a thunderstorm at the departure airport, he elected to conduct an emergency landing in a field. He reported downdrafts and windshifts which forced the landing to be long. During rollout the aircraft struck an embankment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11RA
- Reported as
- Cessna T337D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T-337-1143
- Airframe hours
- 1,822
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Forseth, Philip R.
- Registered owner
- Phillip R Forseth
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 12, 1988 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- GPZ · Grand Rapids, MN
- Destination
- ANE · Anoka, MN
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, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 405 total · 37 in this make and model · 215 as pilot in command · 59 in the last 90 days · 37 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DLH, 26 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N11RA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.