19880703025139A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Farm Hopper AGRIPLANE · Freehold, NJ · July 3, 1988

Date
July 3, 1988 · 07:20 local
Place
Freehold, NJ
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N54472
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC88DHM01
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX532
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,569 total10 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Used improper control inputs. Lost control and spiraled to ground impact. Experimental test flight.

As the FAA filed it

USED IMPROPER CONTROL INPUTS. LOST CONTROL AND SPIRALED TO GROUND IMPACT. EXPERIMENTAL TEST FLIGHT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.