- Date
- April 14, 1983, 17:45 local (Apr 15, 1983, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- Near Rainier, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N94RSmith Miniplane
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830414015349A
- Case key
- 39680
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Aprx 20 min after takeoff, the engine lost power. Several restarts were initiated; however, the engine would not continue running. During an emergency landing on sandy terrain, the nose gear dug in & the acft nosed over the plt described the loss of power as sounding like fuel starvation. Maintenance personnel reported finding small amounts of debris in the fuel tanks within the fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94R
- Reported as
- Smith Miniplane
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- RB-1
- Airframe hours
- 96
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward S. Hawkins
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1982 · 96 hours before
- Departed
- KLS · Kelso, WA
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 19 in this make and model · 440 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TDO, 23 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.