# NTSB SEA06CA091: Murphy Renegade, Port Angeles, WA, May 4, 2006 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: May 4, 2006, 13:45 local (20:45 UTC) - Place: Port Angeles, WA - Coordinates: 48.120277, -123.499725 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1203&lon=-123.4997&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 3, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 63760 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA06CA091 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63760/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA091 ## Probable cause The loss of engine power while in cruise flight for undetermined reasons. Trees were a factor. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of engine power, cruise - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause) - Forced landing, emergency descent/landing - In flight collision with object, emergency descent/landing - object - tree(s) (contributing factor) ## Analysis After making a takeoff from runway 08 at Fairchild Airport, the pilot climbed on a crosswind leg to an altitude of 2,100 feet above sea level. He then leveled off and turned to the west. As he was cruising toward the west, the aircraft's engine abruptly stopped, and he made a right turn back toward the approach end of runway 08. He attempted to stretch the glide to the threshold of the runway, but approximately one-quarter mile from the end of the runway, the aircraft impacted two trees and tumbled to the ground. An inspection of the engine by an FAA Airworthiness Inspector did not establish the reason for the loss of power. According to the pilot, the engine had recently been installed in the aircraft, and it had abruptly lost power on him one other time since its installation. ## Factual narrative On May 4, 2006, approximately 1345 Pacific daylight time, a Canadian-registered Murphy Renegade basic ultra-light, CICJF, impacted trees during a forced landing about one-quarter mile east of Runway 08, at Fairchild International Airport, Port Angeles, Washington. The Canadian private pilot, who was the sole occupant, was not injured, but the aircraft, which is owned and operated by the pilot, sustained substantial damage. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal pleasure flight, which was initiated at the same airport about 25 minutes prior to the accident, was being operated in visual meteorological conditions. According to the pilot, after making a takeoff from runway 08 at Fairchild Airport, he climbed on a crosswind leg to an altitude of 2,100 feet above sea level. He then leveled off and turned to the west. As he was cruising toward the west, the aircraft's engine abruptly stopped, and he made a right turn back toward the approach end of runway 08. He attempted to stretch the glide to the threshold of the runway, but approximately one-quarter mile from the end of the runway, the aircraft impacted two trees and tumbled to the ground. An inspection of the engine by an FAA Airworthiness Inspector did not establish the reason for the loss of power. According to the pilot, the engine had recently been installed in the aircraft, and it had abruptly quit on him one other time since its installation. ## Aircraft - Registration: CICJF (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: Murphy Aircraft Renegade - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 036 - Engines: Great Plains 2275 cc reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: James L. Lindsay - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Departed: KCLM, Port Angeles, WA - Destination: KCLM - Airport: KCLM, Fairchild Int., runway 08 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 75; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1; flight hours: 4,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.