- Date
- April 15, 1987, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tooele, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N96606Mclachlan Moni
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870415010019A
- Case key
- 17201
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The private plt was cruising the local area near his home in his homebuilt experimental moni. The newly installed engine began to run rough. This engine is not a traditional acft engine and was a two cycle, two cylinder engine manufactured in italy, with an advertised 25 horsepower. A mixture control is remoted to the cockpit and the plt tried to adjust the mixture. Seconds later the engine quit. The plt tried to glide to a local arpt. There is a powerline across the approach to the rwy and the acft was too low to clear the wires. When the plt turned to avoid the wires, the acft stalled. The acft impacted almost 90 degrees nose down in a pasture.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96606
- Reported as
- Mclachlan Moni
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 00228
- Airframe hours
- 121
- Engine
- KFM 107E, 25 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Scott R. Mclachlan
- Registered owner
- Scott R. Mclachlan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 17, 1986
- Departed
- UT29 · Bollinder Field, UT
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 320 total · 121 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC, 25 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.