Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Lemmon Valley, Nevada 89506
Tuesady, September 14, 1993 16:42 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE PILOT BEGAN A TIMING RUN AT THE RENO NATIONAL AIR RACES IN A ONE-OF-A-KIND TWIN ENGINE COMPOSITE STRUCTURE PLANE. HE SAID HE WAS LEAVING THE RACE COURSE & TOLD HIS GROUND CREW HE WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE RIGHT ENGINE. THE TOWER ADVISED HE WAS TRAILING SMOKE. AT THE APEX OF A CLIMB ABEAM THE NUMBERS/NORTH OF RUNWAY 26, A PUFF OF SMOKE FROM THE AIRPLANE WAS SEEN. THE PLANE TURNED RIGHT, PITCHED DOWN WHILE TURNING SOUTHEAST, & DESCENDED AT HIGH SPEED. IT CRASHED ON OPEN TERRAIN IN A WINGS LEVEL, LANDING ATTITUDE WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED & TRAVELED 900' BEFORE STOPPING. AN EXAM REVEALED THE #1 & #2 CONNECTING RODS HAD OVERHEATED & FAILED FROM LACK OF OIL. THE PILOT'S HELMET, OXYGEN MASK & OTHER COCKPIT COMPONENTS REVEALED EVIDENCE OF AN IN-FLIGHT FIRE & PILOT'S BLOOD WAS 8% SATURATED WITH CARBON MONOXIDE. POST-CRASH FIRE DESTROYED THE COCKPIT, RIGHT WING & WING CENTER SECTION, INCLUDING FUEL SYSTEM BOOST PUMPS & SHUTOFF VALVES NEAR THE PILOT'S FEET. OIL RESIDUE WAS FOUND ON A REMAINING PIECE OF THE RIGHT BOOM (AFT OF RIGHT ENGINE).
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
OIL STARVATION AND CONNECTING ROD FAILURE IN THE RIGHT ENGINE, AND A RESULTANT FUEL FED FIRE.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 9/14/1993 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 1642 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | LEMMON VALLEY |
| Event State | NEVADA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 89506 |
| Event Date Year | 1993 |
| Event Date Month | 9 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1641 Pacific Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | 4SD |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 5046 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 23 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -2 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 220 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 14 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 20 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 7000 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 1 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1727 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Sep 14 1993 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1800 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 11 2000 1:39PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N221BP |
| NTSB Number | LAX93FA352 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | In-flight |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | SCALED COMPOSITES |
| Aircraft Model | 158-8 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 158-8 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 001 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 4150 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | Yes |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 1 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Sep 7 1993 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 6 |
| Airframe Hours | 75 |
| ELT Installed | No |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | BOB POND RACING INC. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 14771 PIONEER TRAIL |
| Aircraft Owner City | EDEN PRARIE |
| Aircraft Owner State | MN |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 55347 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | 4SD |
| Departure City | RENO |
| Departure State | NV |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1630 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | 4SD |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Maneuvering |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:34AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |