# NTSB LAX86LA128: Ryan ST3KR, N51122, Camarillo, CA, February 26, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 26, 1986, 14:55 local (22:55 UTC)
- Place: Camarillo, CA
- Coordinates: 34.229011, -119.069076 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2290&lon=-119.0691&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25082
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA128
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25082/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA128

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise
  - throttle/power lever,linkage - separation (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE OWNER OF THE ACFT REPORTED THAT HE HAD JUST PURCHASED THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS BEING CHECKED OUT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTING CMA AND UPON REACHING 1200 FT MSL, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE THE CHECK PILOT ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE ACFT AND LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF THE ARPT. DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE MAIN WHEELS SUNK INTO THE SOFT, WET DIRT AND NOSED OVER ONTO ITS BACK. SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT DSCLSD THE THROTTLE BELLCRANK LINKAGE WAS EXCESSIVELY WORN AND BROKEN. AN ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ON THE ACFT 10 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N51122](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51122), registered now, S/N 2204, built 1942 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Ryan ST3KR
- Registry model: [Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR](https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-aeronautical-st3kr) (registry code 7830502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Kinner R5 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/kinner-r5-series) (registry code 37504, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2204
- Airframe hours: 1570
- Engines: KINNER R-56 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Stephen K. Freeman
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 6, 1986
- Departed: CMA, CAMARILLO, CA
- Airport: CMA, Camarillo

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; flight engineer, airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 14,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 5,000 as pilot in command, 180 in the last 90 days, 60 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860226003949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860226003949A), Feb 26, 1986: Ryan ST3KR, Oxnard, CA, Substantial damage. Engine quit after power reduction. Nosed over during landing in a soft field. Worn throttle linkage had separated.

## Other investigations on N51122 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB UNK64X1783](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1783), May 16, 1964: Ryan ST3KR (N51122), Angleton, TX, destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.