- Date
- October 14, 1990, 17:56 local (21:56 UTC)
- Place
- Cape Coral, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5825LAmerican AA-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901014045029A
- Case key
- 32784
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Probable cause
A partial loss of engine power, caused by mechanical failure of the number 3 cylinder engine exhaust valve, for an undetermined reason.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot departed page field, fort myers, Florida, on a personal flight. VFR conditions prevailed at the time. No flight plan was filed. While in cruise flight, the airplane experienced a partial loss of engine power. The pilot made an emergency landing to an open field. During landing roll, the airplane experienced an on ground collision with a house. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The pilot and one passenger were not injured. Tear down analysis of the engine revealed the exhaust valve on the number three engine cylinder had failed at the exhaust stem for undetermined reasons.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5825L
- Reported as
- American AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0025
- Airframe hours
- 1,689
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert A. Stoner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 8, 1990 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- FMY · Fort Myers, 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
- 36
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 286 total · 38 in this make and model · 229 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Wind
- 250° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 10 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.