- Date
- September 4, 1989, 09:35 local (14:35 UTC)
- Place
- Clinton, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N20VRRayne VARI-EZE
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890904033349A
- Case key
- 14180
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Probable cause
Undetermined loss of engine power during initial climbout. The lack of suitable terrain for an emergency landing was a related factor.
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 pilot stated that during the initial climbout, the engine lost power and he executed a forced landing in a field. The aircraft skidded across a dirt road and ran into a fence before it came to rest in a ditch. The cause of the loss of engine power was undetermined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20VR
- Reported as
- Rayne VARI-EZE
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- JR 200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-C3B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joseph Rayne
- Registered owner
- Joseph Rayne
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 26, 1989 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Clinton, MI
- Destination
- JXN · Jackson, MI
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,884 total · 43 in this make and model · 1,884 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 52 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.