- Date
- July 13, 1988, 19:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Zellwood, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N144THHahn RV-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880713054729A
- Case key
- 32211
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Analysis
Flt experienced rough running engine and loss of power. As acft was turned toward agricultural strip for an emergency landing the engine failed completely. The plt touched down short of the runway and bogged down in tall grass and muck causing collapse of the landing gear. The acft came to rest on it's nose. Examination of the engine revealed the left magneto which had been timed .7 flt hours before the accident was loose and turned in the mount. The magneto was still touching the case making a ground connection and the 'p' lead was still attached. The right magneto was found secured properly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N144TH
- Reported as
- Hahn RV-4
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 793
- Airframe hours
- 177
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-320-E2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas C. Hahn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 8, 1988
- Departed
- ORL · Orlando, FL
- Airport
- Lust Airport, runway 36, grass/turf
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
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,224 total · 12 in this make and model · 2,022 as pilot in command · 85 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCO, 24 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.