- Date
- July 4, 1992, 07:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chiloquin, OR
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1572TBorgaes Avid Flyer "C"
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920704023489A
- Case key
- 42847
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Probable cause
Power loss for undetermined reasons and nose gear separation due to overload. A factor contributing to the accident was: terrain condition - dirt bank.
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
Approximately 20 minutes after takeoff the aircraft's engine quit. The pilot reported departing with 8 gallons of fuel and 3 gallons was observed in the fuel tank subsequent to the accident. FAA on site examination of the aircraft revealed no apparent cause of the power loss. The pilot executed a forced landing during which time the aircraft struck an embankment and the nose wheel separated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1572T
- Reported as
- Borgaes Avid Flyer "C" (AVID FLYER)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 766
- Airframe hours
- 90
- Engine
- Rotax 582UL, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Borgaes/Martin/Elliott
- Registered owner
- Borgaes/Martin/Elliott
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · September 17, 1991 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- 2S2 · Beaver Marsh, OR
- Destination
- LMT · Klamath Falls, OR
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 322 total · 39 in this make and model · 191 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LMT, 26 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.