- Date
- July 22, 1989, 11:46 local (18:46 UTC)
- Place
- Van Nuys, CA
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5123SPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890722024529A
- Case key
- 26448
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Probable cause
A 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
The aircraft was on the sixth local flight of the day when the pilot reported a loss of engine power. In an attempt to return to the runway the aircraft collided with an airport hangar. The aircraft reportedly had 30 gallons of fuel on board. The linkage to the air intake was found loose but it was not determined if it was loose prior to the accident or became loose during the crash sequence. The pilot reportedly did his own maintenance.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5123S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7135153
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rex E Long
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- VNY · Van Nuys, runway 16R, 8,000 × 150 ft, macadam
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,124 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 45 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VNY, 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.