- Date
- July 26, 2008, 06:45 local (11:45 UTC)
- Place
- Magnolia Springs, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N92095Grimes Barry R Chinook Plus TWO
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 2009
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20080726857239A
- Case key
- 68982
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The total loss of engine power during initial climb due to the failure of the fuel pump.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The amateur-built airplane experienced a total loss of engine power during the initial climb after takeoff, at an altitude of 750 feet. The non-certificated pilot prepared for a forced landing to a soybean field and added two notches of flaps. As the airplane touched down, it rolled approximately 40 feet and nosed over, substantially damaging the fuselage. Examination of the fuel pump revealed that the ceramic gears were jammed.
Factual narrative
The amateur-built Chinook Plus Two airplane experienced a loss of engine power during the initial climb after takeoff, at an altitude of 750 feet. The non-certificated pilot prepared for a forced landing to a soybean field and added two notches of flaps. As the airplane touched down, it rolled approximately 40 feet and nosed over, substantially damaging the fuselage. Examination of the fuel pump revealed the ceramic gears were jammed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92095
- Reported as
- Grimes Barry R Chinook Plus TWO
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 02221XS
- Airframe hours
- 60
- Engine
- Geo/Metro 993CC, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Grimes Barry R
- Registered owner
- Grimes Barry R
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 25, 2007
- Departed
- 2AL1 · Magnolia, AL
- Destination
- 2AL1 · Magnolia, AL
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- 2AL1 · Collier Airpark
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
- 46
- Injuries
- None
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 60 in this make and model · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.06 inHg
- Observed at
- JKA, 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.