- Date
- June 15, 1990, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Selma, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N10LMRay Edmistonn Z-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900615020539A
- Case key
- 26560
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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 pilot from the U.S. National aerobatic team experienced a loss of engine power after a fluctuating fuel flow problem occurred while practicing aerobatic maneuvers. The engine was factory new at manufacture in 1983 and had 600 hours total time and 50 hours after inspection. The cause of the engine failure was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10LM
- Reported as
- Ray Edmistonn Z-200
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 001
- Airframe hours
- 660
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Leigh Francis Manelski
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 10, 1990 · 50 hours before
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
- 45
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight engineer, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 18,000 total · 660 in this make and model · 290 in the last 90 days · 130 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAT, 20 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.