- Date
- June 1, 1993, 17:05 local (Jun 2, 1993, 00:05 UTC)
- Place
- Bakersfield, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5045Schmidt JURCA-MJ55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930601016039A
- Case key
- 27975
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Probable cause
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
During a landing, the airplane began to drift off the runway. The pilot attempted to go around. The pilot added full power and rotated the airplane. At about 75 feet the engine quit, and the pilot elected to stall the airplane in order to miss cars on a nearby roadway. The engine was inspected with no mechanical or malfunctions noted. The pilot reportedly had a total of 5 hours of flight time in this make and model.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5045
- Reported as
- Schmidt JURCA-MJ55
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 204
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-B1C, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Kendall Simmons
- Registered owner
- Kendall Simmons
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- LVK · Livermore, CA
- Destination
- Mt. Juliet, TN
- Airport
- L45 · Bakersfield Municipal, runway 34, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 5 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFL, 1 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.