- Date
- July 12, 1993, 19:07 local (Jul 13, 1993, 00:07 UTC)
- Place
- Ottawa, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N415JRQuad City Challenger II Specia
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930712025899A
- Case key
- 15757
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's failure to maintain proper clearance. Factors to the accident include an oil fouled spark plug and a power ground cable.
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
Approximately three miles north of Ottawa airport, the aircraft's engine dropped to partial power. The pilot elected to make an off-airport landing on an east-west bituminous surfaced road. During landing, the aircraft struck a power ground cable which snapped and pulled the plane to the south ditch of the roadway. Inspection of the engine found the front spark plug oil fouled, causing partial power loss. The spark plug was cleaned of oil and the engine was test run in the aircraft with no further engine problems noted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N415JR
- Reported as
- Quad City Challenger II Specia (CHALLENGER)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- CW0418
- Engine
- Rotax 503, 52 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Jean A. Pinnell
- Registered owner
- Jean A. Pinnell
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 120 total · 50 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.