- Date
- April 19, 2008, 14:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Kingsbury, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8071CHaecker Spacewalker
- Defining event
- Approach: Loss of engine power (total)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- San Antonio, TX
- FAA report
- 20080419014579A
- Case key
- 67875
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for undetermined reason. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
As the private pilot approached the airport, he turned the single-engine airplane away from the airport, in order to land behind another aircraft. As the pilot circled to re-enter base leg to the runway, the airplane's engine lost power. The pilot established a glide and tried to restart the engine. The pilot reported that the engine would turn freely, but did not restart, so he elected to perform a forced landing in a pasture. An examination of the airplane's engine, failed to identify a reason for the loss of engine power.
Factual narrative
As the private pilot approached the airport, he turned the single-engine aircraft way from the airport, in order to land behind another aircraft. As the pilot circled to re-enter base leg to the runway, the aircraft engine lost power. The pilot established a glide and tried to restart the engine. The pilot reported that the engine would turn freely, but did not restart, so he elected to perform a forced landing in a pasture. An examination of the aircraft's engine, failed to identify a reason for the loss of engine power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8071C
- Reported as
- Haecker Spacewalker
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 189
- Airframe hours
- 69
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · July 1, 2007
- Departed
- Kingsbury, TX
- Destination
- Kingsbury, TX
- Airport
- 85TE · Old Kingsbury Aerodrome
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
- 54
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,493 total · 55 in this make and model · 1,373 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 9 knots, gusting 14
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- Observed at
- KBAZ, 13 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.