- Date
- September 26, 1982, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Rosa, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3579North American SNJ-6
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820926049009A
- Case key
- 72546
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Engine quit at 500 feet AGL after takeoff. Pilot turned back but overshot field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3579
- Reported as
- North American SNJ-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51678
- Airframe hours
- 5,200
- Engine
- P & W R-1340, 550 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lynn C. Hunt
- Registered owner
- Lynn C. Hunt
- Departed
- STS · Santa Rosa, CA
- Destination
- STS · Santa Rosa, CA
- Airport
- STS · Sonoma County, runway 32, 5,115 × 150 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 173 total · 25 in this make and model · 132 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.