- Date
- February 6, 1991, 09:34 local (16:34 UTC)
- Place
- Draper, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N392XMaule M-5-235C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910206001659A
- Case key
- 41386
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
An undetermined loss of engine power.
Analysis
Shortly after takeoff, at an altitude of 150 to 200 feet, the engine quit. The pilot initiated a forced landing on a highway that paralleled the dirt strip. The airplane landed hard in between vehicles travelling on the highway. Inspection of the engine did not reveal any mechanical failures or malfunctions.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N392X
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-235C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7026C
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Brett R. Fitzgerald
- Registered owner
- Brett R. Fitzgerald
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,350 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 1,250 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.