Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Garden Valley Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Garden Valley, Idaho 83622
Tuesady, July 2, 2013 8:00 MDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On July 2, 2013, about 0800 mountain daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Bakeng Deuce airplane, N79396, was substantially damaged when it impacted vegetation and terrain near Garden Valley airport (U88), Garden Valley, Idaho, following a complete loss of engine power shortly after takeoff. The owner/pilot and his passenger were not injured. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no FAA flight plan was filed for the flight.
According to the pilot, he based the airplane at Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), and had flown to U88 several times previously. On the accident trip, he originally left SLC for U88 on Saturday, June 29, stopped once for fuel, and landed at U88 later that same day. On Sunday June 30 he flew to another airport in Idaho, where he and the airplane remained overnight, before returning to U88 on Monday morning. Later that day, he made an out and back flight from U88 to obtain fuel. All flights were uneventful, and during preflight inspections, the engine oil quantity remained at about the 5 1/2 quart level, which was normal for the engine.
On the morning of the accident, the pilot's brother, who was also a pilot, joined him for a planned flight. The preflight inspection indicated that the engine oil quantity was about 5 1/2 quarts. The airplane was equipped with dual flight and engine controls. The brother took the rear seat, which was the primary pilot seat in the airplane. The brother conducted the engine start, taxi out, and run-up; all were normal. The brother performed the takeoff from runway 28. When the airplane was on the crosswind leg, the pilot queried his brother why they weren't climbing as well as he expected, and the brother responded that he was "losing rpms." The pilot took control of the airplane, and turned back towards the airport. When the airplane was about 750 feet above the ground, the engine ceased operating. Since the airplane could not be started from the front seat, the pilot asked the brother to attempt a restart, but attempts were unsuccessful. The pilot then attempted to land the airplane on runway 10 (the opposite direction of the takeoff), but the airplane struck vegetation and the ground short of the runway. It came to rest upright, about 30 feet from the runway threshold.
Postaccident examination by the pilot and an inspector from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) revealed an oil streak on the left side of the airplane that extended aft from the cowling. Examination of the airport revealed an oil spray pattern on the ground along the taxi-out, run-up, and takeoff path. Examination of the uncowled engine revealed that the oil had emanated from an undetermined location near or on the aft face of the oil cooler, which was mounted just forward of the firewall. The airplane was equipped with a Lycoming O-320 series engine. The pilot was not the builder of the airplane, and he had purchased it about 1 year prior to the accident.
The pilot held a private pilot certificate, with a single-engine airplane rating. The certificate was issued in February 2010. The pilot's most recent third-class medical certificate was issued in May 2012. According to FAA information, the runway at U88 was turf, with a length of 3,850 feet, and an elevation of 3,177 feet.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/2/2013 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 800 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Daylight Time |
| Event City | Garden Valley |
| Event State | IDAHO |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 83622 |
| Event Date Year | 2013 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 440401N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1155552W |
| Event Location Airport | Garden Valley |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | U88 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 3177 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Unknown |
| Time of the weather observation | |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | -- |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | -- |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | -- |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | -- |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -- |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | -- |
| Variable Wind Indicator | -- |
| Wind Speed (knots) | -- |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| 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 | 2 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA NWM ROC |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jul 10 2013 5:05PM |
| User who most recently changed record | coos |
| Basic weather conditions | -- |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N39796 |
| NTSB Number | WPR13LA304 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Dorman |
| Aircraft Model | Bakeng |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | Deuce |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 235 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| 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 | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Britt A. Reed |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | Salt Lake City |
| Aircraft Owner State | UT |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 84105 |
| Operator is an individual? | Yes |
| Operator Name | Britt A. Reed |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | Salt Lake City |
| Operator State | UT |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 84105 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| 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 | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | U88 |
| Departure City | Garden Valley |
| Departure State | ID |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | -- |
| Departure Time Zone | MDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | U88 |
| Destination City | Garden Valley |
| Destination State | ID |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jul 10 2013 11:13AM |
| User who most recently changed record | coos |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | N/A |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |