- Date
- August 26, 2000, 18:00 local (Aug 27, 2000, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- El Monte, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N888LHFogerson Richard D RV-6A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 17, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000826014229A
- Case key
- 50158
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft collided with ground obstructions during a forced landing following an loss of engine power. The flight was routine until on 2.5-mile final approach for landing when the pilot reduced engine power and raised the nose of the aircraft to slow to flap extension speed. He completed the landing checklist at the same time by setting the mixture control to the rich position, turning the fuel boost pump on, and extending the flaps. When he moved the throttle forward to add power to stabilize the descent there was no response from the engine. He checked the mixture position, throttle position, fuel selector, and engaged the starter and lowered the nose of the aircraft; all to no avail. He identified an off-airport landing location, transmitted 'mayday' to the tower, maintained flying airspeed, and landed. During the landing rollout, the airplane collided with a tree. Postaccident examination did not reveal why the engine lost power.
Factual narrative
On August 26, 2000, at 1800 hours Pacific daylight time, an experimental Fogerson RV-6A, N888LH, was substantially damaged when the aircraft lost engine power and struck a tree during an off-airport emergency landing while on landing approach to the El Monte, California airport. The private pilot and one passenger were not injured. The owner operated the amateur built aircraft under 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight and no flight plan was filed. The personal flight originated at Bakersfield, California, at 1645.
The pilot reported that the flight was routine until on 2.5-mile final approach when he reduced engine power and raised the nose of the aircraft to slow to flap extension speed. He completed the landing checklist at the same time by setting the mixture control to the rich position, turning the fuel boost pump on and extending the flaps. When he restored engine power to stabilize the descent there was no response from the engine. He checked the mixture position, throttle position, fuel selector, and engaged the starter and lowered the nose of the aircraft; all to no avail. He identified an off-airport landing location, transmitted "mayday" to the tower, maintained flying airspeed, and landed.
Postaccident examination did not reveal why the engine lost power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N888LH
- Reported as
- Fogerson Richard D RV-6A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 21045
- Airframe hours
- 257
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larry A. Hackney
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 28, 1999 · 138 hours before
- Departed
- L45 · Bakersfield, CA
- Destination
- EMT
- Airport
- EMT · El Monte, runway 19, 3,995 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 431 total · 137 in this make and model · 380 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 13 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EMT, 1 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.