- Date
- April 19, 1993, 16:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- Tampa, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N11VDIseman Fokker VII
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930419011349A
- Case key
- 33255
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. The lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing was a factor.
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 commercial pilot stated that earlier in the morning he had conducted a precautionary landing in an open field due to a rough running engine. Five spark plugs were changed and an engine run up was conducted with no deficiencies noted. The pilot took off from the open field and reached an altitude between 200 to 300 feet AGL when the airplane experienced a loss of engine power. The pilot conducted a forced landing into a pond to avoid houses and ground personnel. An on-scene examination conducted by the FAA revealed no evidence to indicate any preimpact failure or malfunction. The FAA inspector wrote in a statement to the NTSB investigator-in-charge, that after a thorough investigation, including an interview with the pilot, the exact cause of the accident could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11VD
- Reported as
- Iseman Fokker VII
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 7684
- Airframe hours
- 156
- Engine
- Ranger 6-440C-2, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Iseman, Robert C.
- Registered owner
- Iseman, Robert C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 3, 1993 · 153 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
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
- 70
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 13,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 7 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TPA, 7 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.