- Date
- May 28, 1989, 08:44 local (15:44 UTC)
- Place
- Black Diamond, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6121DPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 41018
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Probable cause
Power loss due to magneto failure. Contributing to the accident were lack of suitable terrain for forced landing and the presence of obstacles.
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
After liftoff, the engine began misfiring and the plt was unable to clear obstacles ahead. A turn was made to effect a forced landing on a parallel roadway. During rollout, the left wing struck a power pole. Investigation revealed the left magneto rotor gear had stripped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6121D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-4765
- Airframe hours
- 2,803
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Nancy K. Jensen
- Registered owner
- Nancy K Jensen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 29, 1988 · 31 hours before
- Destination
- 150 · Puyallup, WA
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 701 total · 215 in this make and model · 14 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SEA, 15 nm away
Other investigations on N6121D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.