- Date
- January 18, 1993, 08:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place
- Niceville, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N89968Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930118000519A
- Case key
- 33175
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Probable cause
A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons over terrain that was not suitable for the subsequent forced landing.
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 airplane was about 200 feet AGL on takeoff when the engine sputtered and quit. The pilot attempted a forced landing in a residential area and the airplane collided with trees. Examination of the engine, fuel, air induction, and ignition systems revealed no preaccident faults or failures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89968
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9020
- Airframe hours
- 3,362
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ray, Robert G.
- Registered owner
- Ray, Robert G.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 19, 1992 · 12 hours before
- Destination
- Holt, 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
- 62
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,790 total · 975 in this make and model · 2,528 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VPS, 8 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.