- Date
- February 29, 1992, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Edmond, OK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5749Burnett Teenie II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920229010049A
- Case key
- 18465
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Probable cause
Partial engine power loss due to cylinder failure. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
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
While conducting touch and go landings the airplane was on approach to the grass airstrip when the engine lost power. According to the pilot, one cylinder started losing power and the airplane could not maintain altitude. The pilot made an emergency forced landing off airport into a wooded area and impacted trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5749
- Reported as
- Burnett Teenie II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- DLB103-B
- Airframe hours
- 300
- Engine
- Volkswagen, 55 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Zinn, Albert M.
- Registered owner
- Zinn, Albert M.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 7, 1991 · 20 hours before
- Airport
- 330K · Myrick
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
- 79
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 3,000 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.