- Date
- May 3, 2005, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lebanon, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N72JJJohnson Johnson Chris-Tena
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20050503006699A
- Case key
- 61412
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power on takeoff for an undetermined reason. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
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
According to the pilot, during takeoff, the experimental airplane's Volkswagen engine lost power. During the ensuing forced landing on a road, the airplane struck a vehicle. The fuselage and wings of the airplane sustained structural damage.
Factual narrative
On May 3, 2005, about 1200 Pacific daylight time, a Johnson Johnson Chris-Tena amateur built experimental airplane, N72JJ, sustained substantial damage during a forced landing following a loss of engine power on takeoff at the Lebanon State Airport, Lebanon, Oregon. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 local personal flight. The flight was originating when the accident occurred.
According to the pilot, during takeoff from runway 16, the airplane's Volkswagen engine lost power. During the ensuing forced landing on a road, the airplane struck a vehicle. The fuselage and wings of the airplane sustained structural damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72JJ
- Reported as
- Johnson Johnson Chris-Tena
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- MC102
- Engine
- Volkswagen 1700, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas D. Links
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- S30 · Lebanon, OR
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 1,560 total · 0 in this make and model · 1,460 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.