- Date
- November 16, 1990, 14:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Oxford, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N199MGCraig A. Gordon Teenie TWO
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901116050879A
- Case key
- 36767
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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.
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 experienced a power loss after takeoff, made a 180 degree turn and tried to land on the departing runway in the opposite direction. There was traffic on the runway so he tried to make the crosswind runway. As he came over the crosswind runway, the airplane stalled and made a hard landing, collapsing the landing gear. Post crash examination by the FAA did not determined the cause of the power loss, but did note the magneto timing and point setting were not as recommended.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N199MG
- Reported as
- Craig A. Gordon Teenie TWO
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 5-10537
- Airframe hours
- 179
- Engine
- Volkswagen TYPE 3 1600CC, 50 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Craig Alan Gordon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 27, 1990 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- OXC · CT
- Airport
- OXC · Waterbury-Oxford, runway 31, 1,999 × 75 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
- 29
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 4,850 total · 188 in this make and model · 1,860 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °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 N199MG · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.