- Date
- June 6, 1986, 16:35 local (23:35 UTC)
- Place
- Long Beach, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N41SHHall Christen Eagle II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860606022069A
- Case key
- 25182
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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.
Analysis
While practicing touch & go takeoffs and landings on runway 25R at Long Beach international arpt, Long Beach, CA, the acft experienced a total engine power loss. The PIC was flying from the rear seat and reptd the acft altitude was insufficient to return to lgb and land on runway 12 and he elected to land in an open area about 1/4 mile northwest of the arpt. The front seat plt/passenger took over the controls because he could see the emergency landing area better than the PIC. During the landing roll the acft nosed over onto its back after collideng with some railroad tracks which were perpendicular to the acft gnd roll. Both certificated airline transport plts sustained minor injuries. Post-impact exam of the wreckage disclosed that the acft was out of fuel. The exam further disclosed that when two gallons of fuel were added in the fuel tank, the fuel sight gauge was not discernable from the front seat cockpit. The sight gauge is opaque. Flt time was not reported/unavailable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41SH
- Reported as
- Hall Christen Eagle II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 0001
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert I. Cepek
- Airport
- LGB · Long Beach, runway 25R, 6,192 × 200 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
- 39
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 14 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LGB, 25 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.