# NTSB MIA01LA002: Harwell/Gardner WAG-AERO Cubby, N909GH, Stockbridge, GA, October 10, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: October 10, 2000, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC) - Place: Stockbridge, GA - Coordinates: 33.540641, -84.239891 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5406&lon=-84.2399&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 6, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 50418 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA01LA002 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/50418/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA002 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain a visual lookout during a forced landing resulting in an on-ground collision with a berm on landing roll out. Contributing to the accident was a reported loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of engine power, climb - visual lookout - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - reason for occurrence undetermined - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - terrain condition - berm ## Analysis The pilot experienced a reported loss of engine power after takeoff. He attempted an engine restart with negative results, and a forced landing was made to an open field. The left main landing gear collided with a berm on roll out and the airplane nosed over inverted. Examination of the engine assembly and accessories did not detect the cause for the reported loss of engine power. ## Factual narrative On October 10, 2000, at about 1130 eastern daylight time, a Harwell/Gardner, Wag-Aero Cubby, N909GH, registered to a private owner, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, experienced a reported total loss of engine power in the traffic pattern at Berry Hill Airport, Stockbridge, Georgia. The pilot made a forced landing to an open field and crashed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage, and the pilot reported no injuries. The accident occurred about 9 minutes after departing Berry Hill Airport. The pilot stated he departed from runway 11 and turned crosswind at about 500 feet when the airplane experienced a total loss of engine power. He attempted an engine restart with negative results. A forced landing was made to an open field. The left main landing gear collided with a berm and the airplane nosed over inverted. Examination of the engine assembly and components by the FAA did not reveal the source of the reported loss of engine power by the pilot. (See FAA Inspector statement an attachment to this report.) ## Aircraft - Registration: [N909GH](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N909GH-2013-05-08), registration cancelled 2013-05-08, S/N 1077, built 1983 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Harwell/Gardner WAG-AERO CUBBY (WAG-AERO C) - Registry model: [Harwell/Gardner WAG-AERO CUBY](https://openairdocs.org/model/harwell-gardner-wag-aero-cuby) (registry code 05655KM) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 1077 - Airframe hours: 455 - Engines: Continental C85-12F 85 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Joseph N. Gardner Jr. - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: 100 hour, February 20, 1999, 50 hours before - Departed: 4AO ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 77; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: rear; flight hours: 1,435 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 34 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: ATL ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20001010017269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001010017269A), Oct 10, 2000: Stockbridge, GA, No damage. (-23) A/c departed rwy 11 from barry Hill airport, Stockbridge, GA. Upon reaching 1500 feet the engine quit. Off airport landing made a/c flipped over. Post… ## Other investigations on N909GH (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB ATL85LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA214), Jul 16, 1985: Wag-Aero Cubbie (J-3) (N909GH), Stockbridge, GA, substantial damage From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.