- Date
- August 27, 1986, 16:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place
- Kelso, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N10LHHegsted S16B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860827045139A
- Case key
- 40487
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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
The student pilot was on final when the engine ceased operating. A forced landing was accomplished with touchdown being about 100 yards short of the runway. A hard landing was made with the aircraft coming to rest inverted. The needle valve to the carburetor was found to have backed out 1/2' with no safety wiring present.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10LH
- Reported as
- Hegsted S16B
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- G-1
- Engine
- Continental C-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lyle H. Nitschke
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- KLS · Kelso, WA
- Airport
- KLS · Kelso, runway 29, 4,395 × 65 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 75 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.