- Date
- May 21, 1986, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- N. Little Rock, AR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N28QWHomebuilt Jodel F-9
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860521019069A
- Case key
- 34094
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft stalled and impacted the terrain in a nose low attitude during an attempted forced landing following an eng failure. Post accident inspection revealed the magneto drive coupling had failed. There was evidence present which indicated wear on the coupling and magneto drive. This homebuilt acft had not been flown for aprx eight years prior to the accident. The previous owner stated the magneto in this type eng has considerable play in the opening where it is inserted into the eng drive assembly. This plt had purchased the acft on 5/13/86.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28QW
- Reported as
- Homebuilt Jodel F-9
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 4041
- Airframe hours
- 207
- Engine
- Volkswagen TYPE I, 60 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James R. Mcwhorter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 6, 1986 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- Jacksonville, AR
- Destination
- 1M1 · N. Little Rock, AR
- Airport
- 1M1 · N. Little Rock, runway 17, 3,000 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 465 total · 12 in this make and model · 385 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NWS, 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.