NTSB MIA90IA086 — 1990-03-11 · TITUSVILLE, Florida, United States

Current FAA registration · N69996

Make / Model: STINSON VULTEE V-77
Year of manufacture: 1943 · 47 years old at event
Engine: LYCOMING R680E SERIES (300 hp)
Seats / Engines: 3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 19560314
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A94FD7

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N69996 Stinson AT-19 None

Probable cause & findings

TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WAS UNDETERMINED.

Factual narrative

THE PILOT STATED HE HAD DEPARTED FROM RUNWAY 9 AT THE SPACE CENTER EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA. AT ABOUT 100-150 FEET AGL, THE AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT MADE A LEFT TURN TOWARDS RUNWAY 36. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND SUSTAINING MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. AN ENGINE TEARDOWN WAS NOT CONDUCTED; THEREFORE THE EXACT CAUSE OF TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1990_MIA90IA086.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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