- Date
- May 27, 1990, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Marlboro, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N989GBBataller Kitfox
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900527017759A
- Case key
- 36504
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Probable cause
The undetermined loss of engine power.
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 stated that the airplane engine lost power shortly after takeoff. He made a forced landing in a small pond located about 200 yards from the departure end of the runway. The FAA and NTSB were not notified about the occurrence until after the wreckage was removed from the accident site and transported to the pilot's home. Investigators arrived at the pilot's home to examine the wreckage, and found the engine and fuel system completely disassembled. The cause of the loss of engine power could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N989GB
- Reported as
- Bataller Kitfox
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 258
- Airframe hours
- 55
- Engine
- Rotax LC532, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gary Bataller
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 28, 1990 · 55 hours before
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 213 total · 48 in this make and model · 154 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.