- Date
- October 7, 1987, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Yukon, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3419WWard Cassutt 3M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871007059739A
- Case key
- 22451
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During initial climb the engine failed and the pilot was unable to get a restart. The pilot, who was also the builder of the aircraft, was aware that in certain attitudes the engine would fail due to fuel starvation and that by changing the aircraft attitude a restart could be accomplished. On this flight the pilot was not able to restart the engine prior to colliding with the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3419W
- Reported as
- Ward Cassutt 3M
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1934
- Airframe hours
- 32
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph A Ward, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · May 7, 1987 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- F29 · Yukon, OK
- Airport
- F29 · C.E. Page
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 459 total · 8 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PWA, 7 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.