- Date
- July 1, 1989, 17:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Gonzales, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3634XAero Commander Lark 100-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890701018929A
- Case key
- 22890
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Probable cause
Failure of the aircraft engine, for undetermined reasons, during a low altitude maneuver.
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 had just completed a low altitude maneuver at a low throttle setting and noticed a complete loss of engine power as he attempted to execute a climb. He performed a forced landing onto a road and substantially damaged the aircraft in a collision with trees and nose over during the landing roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3634X
- Reported as
- Aero Commander Lark 100-180 (LARK 100-1)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5069
- Airframe hours
- 1,622
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A2F, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Yenawine, Dallas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 20, 1988 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- 50R · Lockhart, TX
- Destination
- T20 · Gonzales, TX
- Airport
- Gonzales
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 131 total · 69 in this make and model · 93 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point -0 °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.