- Date
- July 9, 1989, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Paula, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N46207Ryan SCW-145
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890709020949A
- Case key
- 26441
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Probable cause
Total loss of engine power 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
Shortly after takeoff the pilot reported that the engine began to run rough, and subsequently quit at an estimated altitude of 700 feet AGL. The pilot elected to land straight ahead instead of returning to the airport. The airplane landed in rough terrain, damaging both wings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46207
- Reported as
- Ryan SCW-145
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 211
- Engine
- Warner 50/SS498, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Senter, Kenneth L
- Registered owner
- Senter, Kenneth L
- Departed
- SZP · Santa Paula, CA
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 231 total · 33 in this make and model · 151 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.