- Date
- August 8, 1989, 16:18 local (23:18 UTC)
- Place
- Chandler, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N514ABellanca 14-19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890808032599A
- Case key
- 26472
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Probable cause
An engine power loss 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 plt rptd that the fuel pressure increased to 10 PSI followed by a loss of power. The pilot leaned the mixture control but to no avail. The airplane crashed adjacent to the airport. The plt rptd that a mechanic adjusted the fuel pressure before departing on the accident flt; the mechanic denied that he adjusted the fuel pressure and accused the plt of performing the adjustment. The fuel pump operated normally when functionally tested. The carburetor was broken and could not be tested. Both fuel tanks contained adequate fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N514A
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2067
- Engine
- Lycoming O-435-1, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kingsland, Paul W.
- Registered owner
- Kingsland, Paul W
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 6, 1989 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- P10
- Destination
- P10
- Airport
- P10 · Chandler, runway 4, 4,400 × 75 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,419 total · 400 in this make and model · 1,159 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 104 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.