- Date
- April 19, 1993, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Napa, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7SMcreynolds Cassutt III
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930419009669A
- Case key
- 27959
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The 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
According to the pilot and witnesses to the accident, the aircraft had departed the sonoma skypark airport about five minutes prior to the accident. The aircraft incurred a loss of engine power and the pilot was attempting to land on a road when the aircraft collided with the ground in an adjacent field. An FAA airworthiness inspector examined the aircraft and engine. He reported that the aircraft and engine appeared to have adequate fuel and oil. The engine crankshaft was free to turn, with compression and accessory gear and valve train continuity established. No engine or system discrepancies were reported by the inspector.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7S
- Reported as
- Mcreynolds Cassutt III (CASSUTT II)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 617
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James B. Baldwin
- Registered owner
- James Baldwin & David Ehrlich
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 1992 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- 0Q9 · Sonoma, CA
- Destination
- 0Q9
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
- 42
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Flight engineer, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 8,240 total · 45 in this make and model · 4,740 as pilot in command · 235 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.