- Date
- March 6, 1993, 10:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Riverside, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N98GSAcro Sport Acro Sport
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930306004419A
- Case key
- 27940
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Probable cause
That the pilot misjudged the landing/flare altitude. Contributing to this accident was the loss of 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 amateur built experimental airplane lost power shortly after takeoff. The pilot operated the fuel system wobble pump, but was unable to restart the engine. The pilot misjudged the landing/flare altitude in the open and unobstructed field. The subsequent hard landing caused damage to the main landing gears and both wings. The pilot reported that he believes fuel starvation contributed to the loss of power. He could not, however, identify the reasons for the fuel starvation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98GS
- Reported as
- Acro Sport Acro Sport
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 227
- Airframe hours
- 391
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-G, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Minert, Charles G., doing business as 0
- Registered owner
- Minert, Charles G.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 21, 1992 · 6 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,940 total · 100 in this make and model · 1,872 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.