- Date
- April 12, 1991, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Port Orchard, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N85948Aeronca 11AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 41410
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power due to contaminated fuel system.
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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - contaminationCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The acft engine quit a 2200 ft MSL in cruise flt. The pilot initited a forced landing and the acft impacted obstacles on the ground. Examination of the wreckage revealed contamination of the acft fuel system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85948
- Reported as
- Aeronca 11AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 360
- Engine
- Continental A65-8F, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John D. Gracie
- Registered owner
- John D. Gracie
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- S50 · Auburn, WA
- Destination
- PWT · Bremerton, 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 448 total · 60 in this make and model · 321 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PWT, 5 nm away