- Date
- April 16, 1982, 15:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Athol, ID
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N13809Evans VP2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820416010239A
- Case key
- 69827
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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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.
Loss of engine power
Miscellaneous - undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Hard landing
Landing gear - overloadFactor
Acft/equip,inadequate handling/perf capabilitiesFactor
Analysis
During the initial flight test of a homebuilt aircraft the engine quit just as the aircraft was entering downwind. The pilot selected a field and executed a forced landing during which the gear collapsed. The pilot stated that he felt the nose of the aircraft was too heavy to perform a proper glide with the engine out.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13809
- Reported as
- Evans VP2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- DJI
- Engine
- Continental A65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Mark L. Sweeney
- Registered owner
- Richard Johnson
- Departed
- S62 · Athol, ID
- Destination
- S62 · Athol, ID
- Airport
- S62 · Henley Aerodrome
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,600 total · 555 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 120 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COE, 9 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.