Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Pearson Field Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Vancouver, Washington 98660
Thursday, August 7, 2003 14:40 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
According to the pilot, during the initial climb out he noticed a puff of smoke come from somewhere near the front of the aircraft. At that point he made the decision to return to the field for a precautionary landing. He therefore made a 180 degree turn toward the field and reduced power in order to initiate a descent. As he neared the field, he pushed the throttle forward to increase power, but found that the engine had quit. He therefore made the decision to land on a nearby road. During the landing, he successfully flew over the top of a car and touched down on the pavement, but impacted the rear of a preceding garbage truck before he was able to get the aircraft stopped. The aircraft was consumed by a post-crash fire. The engine and associated wiring and hoses were too badly damaged by fire to determine the source of the reported smoke and loss of power.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Loss of engine power for undetermined reasons during the initial climb. Collision with a vehicle during landing was a factor.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 8/7/2003 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 1440 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | Vancouver |
| Event State | WASHINGTON |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 98660 |
| Event Date Year | 2003 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | Yes |
| Event Location Latitude | 453711N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1223926W |
| Event Location Airport | Pearson Field |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | VUO |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0.25 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 80 |
| Airport Elevation | 25 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1453 Pacific Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 260 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KVUO |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 25 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 1 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 26 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 10 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 260 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 6 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.98 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 15584 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA Operations Center |
| NTSB Notification Date | Aug 7 2003 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1520 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jun 3 2004 1:28PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\MONR |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | Hillsboro FSDO |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N360W |
| NTSB Number | SEA03LA163 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Schulze |
| Aircraft Model | Lancair 360 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 776-320-618FB |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1685 |
| 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 | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Aug 6 2003 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 0 |
| Airframe Hours | 8 |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | David A Schulze |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | Gresham |
| Aircraft Owner State | OR |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 97030 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | William D. Cody |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | Ridgefield |
| Operator State | OR |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 98642 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| 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) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | VUO |
| Departure City | Vancouver |
| Departure State | WA |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1435 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | SPB |
| Destination City | Scappoose |
| Destination State | OR |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Takeoff - initial climb |
| Report sent to ICAO? | No |
| Evacuation occurred | No |
| Date of most recent change to record | Mar 25 2004 2:47PM |
| User who most recently changed record | STAM |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 26 |
| Runway Length | 3275 |
| Runway Width | 60 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |