- Date
- November 2, 1990, 15:42 local (21:42 UTC)
- Place
- Iowa Park, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N89KJRans S-9
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901102050249A
- Case key
- 23190
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Probable cause
The total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as the result of a blocked fuel filter in the fuel system.
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
A power loss occurred during takeoff & the airplane subsequently landed hard in an open field. The fuel filter was clogged with fiberglass shavings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89KJ
- Reported as
- Rans S-9
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 188038
- Engine
- Bombardier ROTAX 532, 62 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kenneth Earl Jarofz
- Airport
- F14 · Wichita Valley
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,422 total · 3 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.