- Date
- August 30, 1990, 17:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Trinidad, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5002LTrammel Avid Flyer
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900830046279A
- Case key
- 17800
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to follow published procedures when he inadvertently shut off the magnetos while on final approach.
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 elected to land on a roadway. During final approach for landing the pilot inadvertently switched off the magnetos. The subsequent total loss of engine power necessitated a landing short of the planned landing area. The aircraft impacted against fence posts at a cattle gurd installed on the roadway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5002L
- Reported as
- Trammel Avid Flyer
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- JMT 293-1
- Engine
- Rotax 532, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John M. Trammel
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- TAD
- Destination
- TAD
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 505 total · 148 in this make and model · 505 as pilot in command · 53 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.