- Date
- April 19, 1992, 10:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Parker, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N235JSHomebuilt Dragonfly
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920419010329A
- Case key
- 27601
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Probable cause
An oil leak from an unidentified source. The high vegetation along the forced landing area contributed to this accident.
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
While in cruise flight, over desert terrain, the pilot observed oil flowing over his windshield from a rupture of the lubricating system. The appearance of oil was followed by a reduction in engine oil pressure. The pilot elected to execute the emergency landing on a narrow dirt road that transits a state park. The airplane's right canard struck high vegetation during the landing flare and the airplane spun off the road. The pilot exited the wreckage prior to the eruption of a post-crash fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N235JS
- Reported as
- Homebuilt Dragonfly
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 829
- Airframe hours
- 425
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100-DCDI, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Moon, Maurice D.
- Registered owner
- Moon, Maurice D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1991 · 52 hours before
- Departed
- PRC · Prescott, AZ
- Destination
- CNO · Chino, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 189 total · 95 in this make and model · 140 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.