- Date
- August 3, 1988, 18:22 local (22:22 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N70061Stanford Monofly
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880803059439A
- Case key
- 32225
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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
Flt experienced total loss of engine power while on a downwind position for landing. The runway could not be reached and a forced landing was made in trees. The fuel pump was mounted directly to the engine block and auto fuel was being used. After the accident the engine was operated on the aircraft to full power with no evidence of failure or malfunction. The conditions were conducive for fuel vapor lock.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70061
- Reported as
- Stanford Monofly
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- JS-01
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- Rotax 503, 46 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jay Jeffrey Stanford
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- AAIP · August 3, 1988 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- CRG
- Airport
- CRG · Craig Municipal, runway 13, 4,007 × 100 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
- 34
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 985 total · 1 in this make and model · 795 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG, 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.