- Date
- July 9, 1998, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Phillips, ME
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6191VMastopietro Rans S12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980709046569A
- Case key
- 43182
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power due to a separated oil line. A related factor was the unsuitable field.
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 student pilot was cruising at 400 feet AGL, photographing fields, when the engine initially quit. He performed the emergency procedures for a loss of engine power, the engine restarted, and he tried to climb, but the engine quit a second time. A forced landing was then performed to a hay field. The wreckage was examined by an FAA Inspector. The examination revealed the linkage that connected the oil feed line to the uncertificated two cycle engine had separated.
Factual narrative
On July 9, 1998, at 1300 eastern daylight time, a homebuilt Rans S12, N6191V, was substantially damaged when it collided with terrain during a forced landing near Phillips, Maine. The certificated student pilot and passenger were seriously injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed. The local, personal flight, was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91, and originated at a private grass strip in Phillips, Maine.
The student pilot reported that he was cruising at 400 feet AGL, photographing fields, when the engine initially quit. He performed the emergency procedures for a loss of engine power, the engine restarted, and he tried to climb, but the engine quit a second time. A forced landing was then performed to a hay field.
The wreckage was examined by an FAA Inspector. The examination revealed the linkage that connected the oil feed line to the uncertificated two cycle engine had separated.
The student pilot reported 40 hours of total flight experience including four hours in make and model.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6191V
- Reported as
- Mastopietro Rans S12
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 0892259
- Airframe hours
- 190
- Engine
- Rotax, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Randy D Walker
- Registered owner
- Douglas Lisherness
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 21, 1997 · 115 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · ME
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
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 40 total · 4 in this make and model · 23 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Variable at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BGR, 75 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.