- Date
- June 16, 1986, 16:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- San Jose, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N91608North American Navion A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860616025299A
- Case key
- 25183
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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
The acft's engine failed aprx 10 minutes after takeoff. The acft collided with a utility pole during the forced landing that followed. Post accident inpsection of the acft revealed the fuel selector was positioned on the aux tank. The main fuel tanks were full. The engine was started and ran normally when fuel from the main tank was selected. The engine ran only 17 seconds before quitting when the aux tank was selected.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91608
- Reported as
- North American Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NAV-4-341
- Airframe hours
- 1,668
- Engine
- Continental E-185-3, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John R. Gray
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1986 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- RHV · San Jose, CA
- Airport
- RHV · Reid-Hillview
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 687 total · 40 in this make and model · 587 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 55 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RHV, 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.