# NTSB SEA86LA084: Bob White AJ1, N363JW, Vancouver, WA, March 27, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 26, 1986, 16:35 local (Mar 27, 1986, 00:35 UTC)
- Place: Vancouver, WA
- Coordinates: 45.670219, -122.659271 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6702&lon=-122.6593&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40373
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA084
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40373/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA084

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise
  - fuel system,pump - failure,total (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N363JW-2012-10-09), registration cancelled 2012-10-09, S/N 1, built 1985 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOB WHITE AJ1
- Registry model: [Bobwhite AJ1](https://openairdocs.org/model/bobwhite-aj1) (registry code 83501BW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 1
- Airframe hours: 5
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860326011019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860326011019A), Mar 26, 1986: Amtrso STARDUSTER1, Vancouver, WA, Substantial damage. Engine quit due to fuel pump malfunction. Landed in a wet, soft field and nosed over.

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.

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