- Date
- March 26, 1986, 16:35 local (Mar 27, 1986, 00:35 UTC)
- Place
- Vancouver, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N363JWBob White AJ1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860326011019A
- Case key
- 40373
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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(total) - mech failure/malf
Fuel system,pump - failure,totalCause
Forced landing
Nose over
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
A loss of power occurred due to a failure of the fuel pump while at cruise. A forced landing was made onto a soft, farmers field where the aircraft nosed over during the landing roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N363JW
- Reported as
- Bob White AJ1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 5
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-G, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ken D. Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 28, 1986 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- 59S · Vancouver, WA
N363JWRegistration cancelled Oct 9, 2012 · Bobwhite AJ1Airframe modelBobwhite AJ1Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 560 total · 5 in this make and model · 540 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.