- Date
- July 27, 1986, 15:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Colville, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9425ACessna 140A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860727076679A
- Case key
- 40453
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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.
Analysis
While making a power off approach to simulate a forced landing an over shoot was assured. The plt added pwr and the engine ceased operating. In order to avoid trees at the end of the runway the pilot made a 90 degree turn to land in a plowed field. The acft struck the top of a fence and then struck the ground in a flat attitude. The acft then nosed over. The temperature on the surface was 90 degrees and the pilot had been using automobile fuel. No mechanical reason for the engine failure could be found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9425A
- Reported as
- Cessna 140A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15246
- Airframe hours
- 1,590
- Engine
- Continental C-90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Monte L. Zema
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 1985 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- S23 · Ione, WA
- Destination
- 63S · Coleville, WA
- Airport
- 63S · Colville Municipal, runway 1, 2,400 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 457 total · 92 in this make and model · 456 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots, gusting 7
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.