- Date
- June 2, 1989, 10:51 local (14:51 UTC)
- Place
- Sellersburg, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3665FNorth American SNJ-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890602014109A
- Case key
- 14231
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Probable cause
The ingestion of a foreign object and subsequent supercharger impeller failure.
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
A total loss of engine power was experienced on a crosswind leg shortly after takeoff. The airplane contacted a telephone wire and 4 to 5 foot high mounds of dirt during the forced landing prior to coming to rest inverted. Inspection of the engine revealed a catastrophic failure of the supercharger impeller which resulted in the ingestion of metal into the engine and subsequent piston seizure. Evidence of foreign object damage was visible on the impeller.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3665F
- Reported as
- North American SNJ-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 84930
- Airframe hours
- 4,323
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Blue Sky Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 21, 1989 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- JVY · Sellersburg, IN
- Airport
- JVY · Clark County
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 4,841 total · 15 in this make and model · 4,600 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LOU, 11 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.