- Date
- October 30, 1988, 11:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Elsinore, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N50913Klob-Gordon TWIN-STAR
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881030050939A
- Case key
- 26119
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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
During a pleasure flight, the pilot reduced the engine power to talk to the passenger. When the pilot applied power, the engine did not respond. The airplane was glided to a nearby airport; however, the airplane landed short. The pilot verbally reported there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions. The conditions were conducive for carburetor ice during engine idle operations.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50913
- Reported as
- Klob-Gordon TWIN-STAR
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 3609470
- Airframe hours
- 80
- Engine
- Rotax 503, 48 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fogelman, Charles R.
- Registered owner
- Gerold M Gordon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- CL47 · Lake Elsinore, CA
- Airport
- CL47 · Skylark, runway 29, 2,800 × 60 ft, dirt
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 58 total · 35 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.