- Date
- November 13, 1992, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N616RColgate, Henry A. FS21000
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921113046519A
- Case key
- 18616
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Factors were the low altitude and unsuitable terrain.
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
During a daylight takeoff the engine lost total power at 150 feet above ground level. The pilot selected a nearby road for his landing, however, he was unable to reach it and he had to land in unsuitable terrain, an arroyo. An examination of the airplane did not reveal the reason for the loss of engine power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N616R
- Reported as
- Colgate, Henry A. FS21000
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- FS616
- Airframe hours
- 400
- Engine
- Rotax 503DC, 52 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Colgate, Henry A.
- Registered owner
- Colgate, Henry A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 19, 1991 · 150 hours before
- Departed
- 4AC
- Destination
- 4AC
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 926 total · 300 in this make and model · 926 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABQ, 10 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.