- Date
- August 27, 1988, 11:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place
- Chino, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N723EStinson L-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880827035529A
- Case key
- 26089
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the initial climb, the pilot reported that the engine lost power. The pilot initiated a forced landing and during the descent, the airplane collided with a fence coming to rest inverted. Fuel was observed to be leaking from the left wing. When the fuel was drained from the fuel tanks, the right contained 3 gallons, the left contained 10 gallons. The pilot had been operating off of the right tank. There was no reported mechanical failures or malfunctions. It had been approximately two and a half years since the last annual inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N723E
- Reported as
- Stinson L-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 76-189
- Airframe hours
- 2,367
- Engine
- Lycoming O-435-1, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Barthule, David R.
- Registered owner
- Barthule, David R
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1985 · 9 hours before
- Airport
- CNO · Chino, runway 26, 3,856 × 150 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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 550 total · 75 in this make and model · 520 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNO, 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.