# NTSB LAX88DVA06: Craven Teenie TWO, N6052, Fowler, CA, June 9, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: June 8, 1988, 17:00 local (Jun 9, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Fowler, CA
- Coordinates: 36.619079, -119.669593 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6191&lon=-119.6696&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report January 4, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25745
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88DVA06
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25745/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88DVA06

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,oil - pressure too low (contributing factor)
  - fuel system,carburetor - fouled (cause)
  - maintenance - inadequate, manufacturer (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - emergency procedure - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PILOT REPORTED A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. THE ENGINE THEN SPUTTERED AND QUIT. THE PILOT INITIATED A FORCED LANDING WHERE THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH SEVERAL WOODEN CRATES SHORT OF THE INTENDED LDG AREA. INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A SMALL AMOUNT OF OIL PRESENT. HOWEVER, NO EVIDENCE OF BEARING OVERHEAT WAS FOUND. THE ENGINE CASE WAS BROKEN IN SEVERAL PLACES. THE SPARK PLUGS WERE FOUND DIRTY AND SOOTED. EXAM OF THE CARBURETOR REVEALED A STICKING FLOAT. THE PILOT HAD JUST PURCHASED THE AIRCRAFT AND REPORTED THAT HE HAD SPENT FOUR HOURS PREPARING THE AIRCRAFT FOR FLIGHT. HE SAID HE STILL WAS RELUCTANT TO FLY BUT THE PREVIOUS OWNER/MANUFACTURER ENCOURAGED HIM TO TRY. THE FLIGHT LASTED ONLY A FEW MINUTES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6052](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6052-1989-03-03), registration cancelled 1989-03-03, S/N 51013 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CRAVEN TEENIE TWO
- Registry model: [Craven TEENIE TWO](https://openairdocs.org/model/craven-teenie-two) (registry code 0563409) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 5-1013
- Airframe hours: 290
- Engines: VOLKSWAGEN VW1500 60 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Darrel C. Douglass
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, April 28, 1988, 3 hours before
- Departed: FCH, FRESNO, CA
- Destination: BFL, BAKERSFIELD, CA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; toxicology performed; flight hours: 1,280 total, 1 in this make and model, 126 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 175° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19880608019239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880608019239A), Jun 8, 1988: Amtrpk TEENIE2, Fowler, CA, Destroyed. Emergency landing after power loss. Aircraft crashed into stack of plywood packing boxes. Half a pint of oil engine

## Other investigations on N6052 (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 OAK76DVA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVA11), Feb 16, 1975: Teenie TWO (N6052), Reedley, CA, substantial damage

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.

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