# NTSB NYC84FHJ01: Gordon Teenie TWO, N199MG, Hauppauge, NY, February 2, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 2, 1984, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Hauppauge, NY
- Coordinates: 40.820171, -73.210929 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8202&lon=-73.2109&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35396
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84FHJ01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35396/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FHJ01

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - engine assembly,piston - failure,total (cause)
  - fluid,oil - leak
  - window,flight compartment window/windshield - dirty(foggy)
  - visual lookout - reduced
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT ENGINE FAILED INTERNALLY AND OIL SPRAYING ON THE WINDSHIELD REDUCED THE PLTS VISIBILITY DURING THE FORCED LANDING. DURING THE ROLLOUT ON A ROAD THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A STOP SIGN. AN EXAM REVEALED THERE WAS NO COMPRESSION IN THE LEFT REAR CYLINDER. THE LEFT REAR SPARK PLUG WAS FOULED, THE RINGS ON THE LEFT REAR PISTON WERE BURNED & SEIZED, AND THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE LEFT REAR PISTON BY THE PISTOL PIN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N199MG](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N199MG-1991-02-28), registration cancelled 1991-02-28, S/N 510537 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GORDON TEENIE TWO
- Registry model: [Gordon Craig TEENIE TWO](https://openairdocs.org/model/gordon-craig-teenie-two) (registry code 0563491) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 5-10537
- Engines: VOLKSWAGEN 1680CC 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Gordon Craig A
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Unknown, December 11, 1983, 5 hours before
- Departed: BKN, MASTIC, NY
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 488 total, 84 in this make and model, 320 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 19 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840202002009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840202002009A), Feb 2, 1984: Amtrpk TEENIE2, Hauppauge, NY, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing, power loss . Occurred because of failure of left rear piston.

## Other investigations on N199MG (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC91DNE01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91DNE01), Nov 16, 1990: Craig A. Gordon Teenie TWO (N199MG), Oxford, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL AND HARD LANDING. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE POWER LOSS AND IMPROPER MAINTENANCE ON THE ENGINE.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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