- Date
- September 17, 1989, 11:23 local (18:23 UTC)
- Place
- Kapowsin, WA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor, 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5163Gde Havilland Beaver DHC-2 MK.1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890917035169A
- Case key
- 41082
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Probable cause
An undetermined loss of engine power.
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
During the initial climb after all system and engine gages indicated normal operation, at 200 feet AGL, the engine quit. The pilot switched fuel tanks and restarted the engine. The engine ran for ten seconds then quit. A forced landing was made where during the landing roll, the airplane nosed over. Post crash inspection of the engine did not reveal a mechanical failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5163G
- Reported as
- de Havilland Beaver DHC-2 MK.1 (BEAVER DHC)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 329
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Kapowsin Air Sports
- Registered owner
- Kapowsin Air Sports Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 86WA · Kapowsin, WA
- Airport
- 86WA · Kapowsin, runway 34, 2,500 × 24 ft
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 750 total · 160 in this make and model · 750 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Observed at
- TCM, 13 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.