- Date
- November 7, 1989, 12:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chino, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2506APiper PA-38
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891107044689A
- Case key
- 26680
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power for an undetermined reason. Soft terrain in the emergency landing area was a related factor.
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
After beginning an ILS apch, a progressive loss of eng power occurred. Subsequently, an emergency landing was made in an open field, where the airplane nosed over on soft terrain. The reason for the loss of power was not verified.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2506A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3878A0721
- Airframe hours
- 2,560
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2A, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Sunland Aviation
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 12, 1989
- Departed
- L67 · Rialto, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 22
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 638 total · 43 in this make and model · 448 as pilot in command · 254 in the last 90 days · 66 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.