- Date
- November 25, 1984, 09:47 local (17:47 UTC)
- Place
- Oxnard, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N54JPPennington-Eaa Biplane P2P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841125063429A
- Case key
- 24597
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Analysis
The plt reported that during the takeoff phase of a touch-&-go landing he observed sparks coming from the eng's air intake & experienced a loss of power. He pulled off all power & made a hard landing on the rwy. Actc specialists on duty in the tower stated that the acft touched down hard at the approach end of the rwy, bounced several times, turning almost 45 degrees to the rt of the rwy heading & then started to climbout. Examination of the acft did not find any evidence of a malfunction or failure of the eng.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54JP
- Reported as
- Pennington-Eaa Biplane P2P
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 001
- Airframe hours
- 1,119
- Engine
- Lycoming UNKNOWN, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kevin M. Cimarusti
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 2, 1984 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- SMO · Santa Monica, CA
- Airport
- OXR · oxnard, runway 7, 5,950 × 100 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 181 total · 17 in this make and model · 124 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OXR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.