# NTSB SEA08CA177: Anglin RV-6, N14JA, Puyallup, WA, August 12, 2008 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: August 12, 2008, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC) - Place: Puyallup, WA - Coordinates: 47.103889, -122.287223 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1039&lon=-122.2872&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern downwind: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report September 26, 2008 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 68684 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA08CA177 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68684/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA177 ## Probable cause The complete loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident were hidden obstructions (tree stumps) in the field of long grass within which the pilot executed his forced landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Not determined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000): Not determined › Not determined · Unknown/Not determined (probable cause); cases with it: [Anglin James Leroy ANGLIN RV-6, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md?model=05608ND), [All aircraft, 2,247 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: hidden/submerged object](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022052): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Anglin James Leroy ANGLIN RV-6, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022052/cases.md?model=05608ND), [All aircraft, 36 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022052/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Approach-VFR pattern downwind: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Anglin James Leroy ANGLIN RV-6, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=05608ND), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md) - [Emergency descent: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440); cases with it: [Anglin James Leroy ANGLIN RV-6, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md?model=05608ND), [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md) - [Landing: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Anglin James Leroy ANGLIN RV-6, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=05608ND), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot was just turning onto the downwind leg when the airplane's engine suddenly lost power without warning. The pilot was unable to get the engine to restart and he selected what looked like a level field of tall grass for his emergency forced landing. Just after touching down in the field, the airplane hit a number of tree stumps that had been hidden by the tall grass. The impact sequence resulted in extensive damage to the fuselage, wings, and landing gear. A post-accident inspection of the engine, fuel system, and air induction system determined that the fuel tanks were nearly full, and that there were no apparent anomalies that would have contributed to a loss of engine power. ## Factual narrative The pilot, who was conducting a flight in the local traffic pattern, was just turning onto the downwind leg when the airplane's engine suddenly quit without warning. Being unable to get the engine to restart, he selected what looked to him like a nearby level field of tall grass for his emergency forced landing. Just after touching down in the field, the airplane hit a number of tree stumps that had been hidden by the tall grass. The impact sequence resulted in extensive damage to the fuselage, wings, and landing gear. A post-accident inspection of the engine, fuel system, and air induction system determined that the fuel tanks were nearly full, and that there were no apparent anomalies that would have contributed to a loss of engine power. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N14JA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14JA-2018-01-11), registration cancelled 2018-01-11, S/N 20629, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Anglin RV-6 - Registry model: [Anglin James Leroy ANGLIN RV-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/anglin-james-leroy-anglin-rv-6) (registry code 05608ND) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 20629 - Airframe hours: 765 - Engines: Lycoming IO-320-B1A 160 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Joseph L. Hoskins, Jr. - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Condition, May 1, 2008 - Departed: KPLU, Puyallup, WA - Destination: KPLU - Airport: KPLU, Pierce County Airport ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 78; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2; flight hours: 5,544 total, 121 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 70 °F ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20080812843029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080812843029A), Aug 12, 2008: Amtr RV6, Puyallup, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) On 8/12/2008 at approximately 1038 PDT a RV-6 amateur built aircraft, N14JA, owned, operated and maintained by [privacy data omitted] experienced a loss… 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.