- Date
- September 13, 1992, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Baker, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7057YSlade H. Holmes SOL Kitfox II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920913036409A
- Case key
- 42894
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Probable cause
The engine seized and the airplane encountered unsuitable terrain during the forced landing.
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
During a cross country flight, the engine lost partial power. The pilot adjusted the throttle and full power was restored. Approximately one minute later, the engine started to gradually lose all power. The pilot initiated a forced landing to an open field. During the landing roll, on the soft soil, the airplane nosed over. The pilot reported that during the engine inspection, it was found that the aft cylinder piston displayed moderate to severe heat distress.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7057Y
- Reported as
- Slade H. Holmes SOL Kitfox II (SOL KITFOX)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 341
- Airframe hours
- 552
- Engine
- Rotax 532 LC, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cramer, Kirby L.
- Registered owner
- Cramer, Kirby L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 28, 1992 · 111 hours before
- Departed
- MYL · Mccall, ID
- Destination
- LGD · La Grande, 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 183 total · 100 in this make and model · 130 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.