- Date
- April 17, 1991, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Missouri City, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N89PBHuff Pulsar
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910417011329A
- Case key
- 14799
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Probable cause
Oil fouled spark plugs resulting in a partial loss of engine power. Soft terrain in the forced landing area was a 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 accident airplane nosed over during a forced landing on soft terrain following a partial loss of engine power during initial climb. A post accident inspection of the engine showed the spark plugs had been fouled by oil.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89PB
- Reported as
- Huff Pulsar
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 161
- Airframe hours
- 32
- Engine
- Rotax 582, 66 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Glenn E. Huff
- Registered owner
- Glenn E. Huff
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · December 18, 1990 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- PVT · Liberty, MO
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 410.2 total · 31 in this make and model · 6.5 in the last 90 days · 1.7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCI, 10 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.