- Date
- October 4, 1986, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- San Diego, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N50RAWaco YKS-7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861004047669A
- Case key
- 25445
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft departed montgomery airport at abt 0954 hours. Shortly after departing the airport the engine began to cut-in and out. The plt contacted gillespie airport tower and requested to execute a precautionary landing and almost simultaneously the engine sustained a total loss of power. The plt elected to land on a golf course. During the landing roll-out, the acft collided with a sandtrap. The post accident wreckage examination dsclsd that the fuel tanks contained less that 9 ounces of fuel. The plt reported that he did not visually check the fuel tanks during the preflight inspection; he noted that the fuel gauges indicated ample fuel for the short flt to brown field, San Diego, CA. The master switch was turned on at the accident site and the left fuel gauge indicated abt 1/4 full; the right fuel gauge indicated abt 1/2 full.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50RA
- Reported as
- Waco YKS-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4693
- Airframe hours
- 1,527
- Engine
- Jacobs L4MB, 245 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Allen, Willis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 26, 1986 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- MYF · San Diego, CA
- Destination
- SDM · San Diego, CA
- Airport
- MYF · Montgomery
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 47 in this make and model · 68 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.