- Date
- July 22, 1986, 08:20 local (12:20 UTC)
- Place
- Wolfeboro, NH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N13CHHansen Hawk 304
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860722037639A
- Case key
- 30162
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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 experimental aircraft equipped with a buick V-8 aluminum block engine experienced power loss on approach for landing. The pilot decided that the distance and terrain was too great for a glide to the airport, and an emergency water landing in a nearby lake was made. The engine was tested and no discrepancies were discovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13CH
- Reported as
- Hansen Hawk 304
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 19753
- Airframe hours
- 40
- Engine
- Buick V-8, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carl I. Hansen
- Registered owner
- Carl I Hansen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 22, 1985 · 32 hours before
- Airport
- 8B8 · Wolfeboro, runway 30, 4,500 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,800 total · 32 in this make and model · 3,800 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.