- Date
- June 17, 1989, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Trinity Center, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1215de Havilland DHC-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890617016049A
- Case key
- 26429
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Probable cause
An interruption of fuel to the engine for undetermined reasons.
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 takeoff the aircraft climbed to about 100 ft AGL when a total loss of engine power was experienced. The plt made a forced landing on a river bed. During rollout the acft collided with a boulder and nosed over. The plt reported that during the mishap the acft's low fuel pressure warning light had activated. Exam of the engine revealed the presence of fuel in the engine driven fuel pump & in the carb.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1215
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1479
- Airframe hours
- 4,073
- Engine
- P&W R-985 AN14-B, 400 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George Cordingly
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 23, 1989 · 52 hours before
- Destination
- Trinity Lake, CA
- Airport
- 086 · Trinity Center
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
- 49
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight engineer, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 7,233 total · 170 in this make and model · 6,022 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 12 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.