# NTSB SEA86LYA02: Inav Moni, N39200, Riverside, OR, September 23, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 23, 1986, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Riverside, OR
- Location: 45.6768° N, 118.7368° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Riverside, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6768&lon=-118.7368&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40506
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LYA02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40506/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LYA02

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, cruise - normal
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: INAV MONI
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 109
- Airframe hours: 75
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 27; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860923087459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860923087459A), Sep 23, 1986: Amtr MONI, Riverside, OR, Substantial damage. Forced landing on road when engine quit. Wing struck brush on road shoulder. Engine non certified.

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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