- Date
- February 25, 1990, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Vancouver, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2197VCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900225002889A
- Case key
- 41173
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Probable cause
Engine loss of power was due to moisture damage to the coils in the magnetoes. During the forced landing in an open field, the airplane collided with a fence which resulted in substantial damage. The airplane had not undergone current maintenance inspections and was being ferried for maintenance when the accident occurred.
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
While en route on a ferry permit to a maintenance facility the engine experience a loss of power. The pilot was unsucessful in restarting the engine and a forced landing was made in an open field. During the landing roll, the airplane collided with a fence. During an engine inspection the magnetos were bench tested and both failed during the initial run. Further inspection revealed that moisture may have penetrated the magnetos and damaged the coils. The airplane had not undergone any inspections since November 1981. There were not other reported mechanical failures or malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2197V
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14426
- Engine
- Continental C-90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Bogar, Floyd
- Registered owner
- Biberstein, John W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 4, 1981 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- Sunset Hills, OR
- Destination
- WA10 · Camas, 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
- 63
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,500 total · 200 in this make and model · 7,300 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.