- Date
- June 26, 1986, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Waynesboro, MS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6009Amateur Built Eenie TWO
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860626027889A
- Case key
- 31514
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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 acft nosed over during a forced landing after a power loss. According to witnesses the acft made a climbing turn after takeoff followed by a low pass near the witnesses. The acft then disappeared behind some trees and when it reappeared the engine was not running. The acft made a forced landing in an open field east of the arpt and came to rest inverted. The plt stated after the accident that the carburetor accelerator pump had been moved by persons unknown from the lean or normal position to the rich position which caused the engine to flood and fail upon rapid throttle application.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6009
- Reported as
- Amateur Built Eenie TWO
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- RHR-1
- Airframe hours
- 252
- Engine
- Volkswagen TYPE 3 1600CC, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John Paul Davis
- Registered owner
- Tony R. Ishee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 26, 1985 · 5 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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 25 in this make and model · 200 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- MEI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.