- Date
- February 24, 1987, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Brooksville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N41141Piper J5A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870224003339A
- Case key
- 31859
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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
Shortly after take off the eng began to lose power. Unable to maintain alt a forced landing was made in a field, during which, the acft sustained substantial damage. Inspection of the acft revealed that the loss of power was the result of an insufficient fuel supply to the engine due to a malfunctioning needle valve.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41141
- Reported as
- Piper J5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5-1314
- Engine
- Continental A-75, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dan H. Reynolds
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- X16 · Tampa, FL
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
- 48
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 3,264 total · 53 in this make and model · 3,100 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIE, 28 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.
Other investigations on N41141 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.