- Date
- July 16, 1988, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Livingston Mnr, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3988EAeronca S11BC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880716026859A
- Case key
- 36184
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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 pilot had just departed from the surface of a lake, when at an altitude of 50 ft AGL and in a left turn, the engine quit. There was not enough altitude to make it back to the lake. The aircraft impacted trees and was destroyed. The pilot had experienced an engine failure on the previous flight & failed to take any corrective measures. He believed he had bad fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3988E
- Reported as
- Aeronca S11BC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11BC76
- Airframe hours
- 1,600
- Engine
- Continental C-85-8F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles M. Byron
- Registered owner
- Charles M Byran
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 10, 1988 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- Livingston Mnr, NY
- Destination
- Edison, NJ
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,588 total · 28 in this make and model · 2,300 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 45,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.