SEA86LYA02

NTSB accident investigation · Inav Moni · Riverside, OR · September 23, 1986

Accident · No injuriesFinal report
Date
September 23, 1986, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
Place
Riverside, OR
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N39200Inav Moni
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed · report April 25, 1988
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19860923087459A
Case key
40506

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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 powerCruise - normal
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landingDescent - emergency
On ground/water encounter with terrain/waterLanding - roll
Terrain condition - high vegetationFactor

Analysis

Power plant seized in flight. Plt attempted forced landing on road, wings struck sagebrush on road shoulder. It was not determined why the engine seized in flight.

Aircraft

Registration
N39200
Reported as
Inav Moni
Category
Airplane, amateur-built
Serial number
109
Airframe hours
75
Engine
KFM 107E, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Registered owner
Timothy S. Dowd
Airworthiness certificate
Special, Experimental (Special)
Departed
S07 · Bend, OR
Destination
U35 · Caldwell, ID
Flight plan
VFR

Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

Role
Pilot
Age
27
Certificate
Private
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land
Medical
Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Seat
Front
Flight hours
115 total · 60 in this make and model · 88 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours

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.