- Date
- October 8, 2005, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Spokane, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8069JWilliams Challenger II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20051008023519A
- Case key
- 62694
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The loss of all engine power while on downwind for undetermined reasons.
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 aircraft lost all engine power while on a VFR downwind. The reason for the loss of power was not determined.
Factual narrative
The aircraft lost all engine power while on the downwind for landing. The reason for the power loss was not determined. This report is based upon information received by the NTSB. Additional details may be found in the NTSB's public docket for this case. For further information, please contact the NTSB Office of Public Inquires.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8069J
- Reported as
- Williams Challenger II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- CH2-1202-2290
- Engine
- Rotax S82, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cleon P. Folkins
- Registered owner
- Cleon P. Folkins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- KGEG · Spokane, WA
- Destination
- KGEG
- Airport
- KGEG · Spokane INternational, runway 25
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
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 6,202 total · 8 in this make and model · 26 in the last 90 days · 10 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.