- Date
- July 21, 1988, 19:55 local (Jul 22, 1988, 00:55 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5897Atkins ACRO-SPORT
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880721027719A
- Case key
- 22444
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a personal flight, the engine failed and the pilot made a forced landing into an open field. During the landing, the airplane flipped to the inverted position. Investigation revealed no fuel in the tank or fuel system and no fuel spilled on the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5897
- Reported as
- Atkins ACRO-SPORT
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 356
- Airframe hours
- 174
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael L. Minear
- Registered owner
- Minear, Michael L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1987 · 14 hours before
- Airport
- F71 · Luck Field
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 142 total · 4 in this make and model · 97 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5897 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.