- Date
- March 11, 1990, 12:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Titusville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N69996Stinson AT-19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900311003809I
- Case key
- 32580
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Probable cause
Total loss of engine power was undetermined.
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 pilot stated he had departed from runway 9 at the space center executive airport, Titusville, Florida. At about 100-150 feet AGL, the airplane experienced a total loss of engine power. The pilot made a left turn towards runway 36. The airplane impacted the ground sustaining minor damage. The pilot was not injured. An engine teardown was not conducted; therefore the exact cause of total loss of engine power could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69996
- Reported as
- Stinson AT-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 77-74
- Engine
- Lycoming R680-13, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sevier, D.B.
- Registered owner
- Sevier, D.B.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- TIX · Titusville, runway 36, 6,001 × 150 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
- 31
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 7,500 total · 200 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TIX
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.