- Date
- August 31, 1987, 09:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Hemet, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1189BBoyles Starduster II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870831050369A
- Case key
- 25303
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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 plt rprtd that shortly after takeoff, the eng began to 'cut out.' He moved the fuel selector to the reserve tank & activated the standby fuel pump, but was unable to restart the eng. Subsequently, the acft was damaged as the plt was making an emergency landing in a dirt field. The eng and fuel sys were examined, but no evidence of a preexisting failure was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1189B
- Reported as
- Boyles Starduster II (STARDUSTER)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 89
- Airframe hours
- 1,368
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles Raymond Enz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 15, 1986 · 21 hours before
- Airport
- 17L · Ernst
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
- 66
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 24,000 total · 825 in this make and model · 14,000 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RIV, 26 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.