- Date
- June 2, 1989, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cattaraugus, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6589QAlon Aircoupe A-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890602018509A
- Case key
- 36419
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Probable cause
Engine power loss due to fuel starvation resulting from the installation of an improper fuel pump. A factor related to the accident was: trees in the emergency landing area.
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
During flight, the engine lost power and the aircraft collided with trees. An exam revealed an incorrect fuel pump had been installed that prevented fuel from flowing to the header tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6589Q
- Reported as
- Alon Aircoupe A-2 (AIRCOUPE A)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A-89
- Engine
- Continental C-90-16F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Andrew D.Kasper
- Registered owner
- Aellen Hudgins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3DA · Flushing, MI
- Destination
- Wellsville, PA
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 775 total · 10 in this make and model · 700 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 61 °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.
Other investigations on N6589Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.