- Date
- November 22, 1989, 17:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ashland, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N99615Burdette Cuby PA-11
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891122055079A
- Case key
- 34917
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Probable cause
An undetermined problem with the fuel system, which resulted in a loss of engine power, and operation of the aircraft by the pilot with the known deficiency. The uneven (terraced) terrain was a contributing 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
As the plt of the home-built acft was rtrng to the arpt from a local flt, the eng lost power. Subsequently, the acft was damaged during an emergency landing on a terraced wheat field short of the arpt. No preimpact part failure or malfunction of the acft or eng was found during the investigation. Conditions were not conducive to carb icing. The plt rprtd the acft had a history of fuel flow problems; he believed this may have been related to the occurrence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99615
- Reported as
- Burdette Cuby PA-11
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- HCB-2
- Airframe hours
- 769
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Krier, Marc A.
- Registered owner
- Krier, Marc A
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 22, 1989 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- K58 · Ashland, KS
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 148 total · 115 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 10° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DDC, 40 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.