- Date
- March 2, 2008, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sherman, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8523ANorth American T-28D
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20080302857879A
- Case key
- 68006
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
Loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor was the soft terrain.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings.
Analysis
In a written statement provided to the NTSB, the pilot reported that the airplane was in cruise flight at approximately 3,000 feet above ground level when the oil pressure gauge began to fluctuate. The pilot observed that the oil temperature and cylinder head temperature readings remained within the normal range. Additionally, the pilot stated that the engine "shuddered" several times before he experienced a total loss of engine power. Due to altitude and airspeed, the pilot reported that the only landing area available was a "soft, sandy, field." During the landing roll out the left main gear and nose gear dug into the soft terrain resulting in the collapse of the left main and nose landing gear. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, was able to egress without assistance.
Factual narrative
In a written statement provided to the NTSB, the pilot reported that the airplane was in cruise flight at approximately 3,000 feet above ground level when the oil pressure gauge began to fluctuate. The pilot observed that the oil temperature and cylinder head temperature readings remained within the normal range. Additionally, the pilot stated that the engine "shuddered" several times before he experienced a total loss of engine power. Due to altitude and airspeed, the pilot reported that the only landing area available was a "soft, sandy, field." During the landing roll out the left main gear and nose gear dug into the soft terrain resulting in the collapse of the left main and nose landing gear. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, was able to egress without assistance.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8523A
- Reported as
- North American T-28D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51-3530
- Airframe hours
- 3,500
- Engine
- Curtis Wright R-1820-86A, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- dale A Rinehart, doing business as Personal Flight
- Registered owner
- Brian L. Stout
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- KONM · Socorro, NM
- Destination
- KDUA · Durant, OK
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
- 67
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 33,500 total · 99 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.76 inHg
- Observed at
- KGYI, 17 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.