- Date
- June 28, 1992, 10:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Arlington, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N30843Harriman N-3 Ultra PUP
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920628021939A
- Case key
- 42844
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Probable cause
The partial loss of engine power, cause undetermined.
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
The pilot reported an intermittent loss of engine power while on approach for landing and he initiated an emergency forced landing to a road. The acft struck trees and impacted in a field beside the road. Examination of the wreckage revealed evidence that engine power was applied at the time of impact and no evidence of mechanical malfunction or failure of the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30843
- Reported as
- Harriman N-3 Ultra PUP (N-3 ULTRA)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1367
- Airframe hours
- 14
- Engine
- Volkswagen, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harriman, John W
- Registered owner
- Harriman, John W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · April 10, 1992 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- S88 · Arlington, WA
- Destination
- S88
- Airport
- S88 · Arlington Municipal, runway 16
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
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.