# Accident 19950624017989A: Amtrnb MUSTANGX, Shelbyville, IN, June 24, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1995, 08:45 local time
- Place: Shelbyville, IN
- Airport: Shelbyville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5192° N, 85.7697° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5192&lon=-85.7697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30878, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30878-1997-01-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Griner John R BUSHBY MUSTANG I (registry code 1690522, https://openairdocs.org/model/griner-john-r-bushby-mustang-i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRNB MUSTANGX
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950624017989A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

INADVERTENT LIFTOFF ON HIGH SPEED TOAXI TEST. HAD TROUBLE AILERON RUDDER CONTROL. HIT FENCE LANDING. CONTROL DAMAGE (-23) THE PILOT AND OWNER OF THE HOME BUILT AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING A HIGH SPEED TAXI WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SEEMED CONTROLLABLE AND THE PILOT DECIDED TO CONTINUE THE FLIGHT. DURING CLIMB OUT THE AIRCRAFT REQUIRED FULL RIGHT AILERON AND FULL RIGHT RUDDER TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT LEVEL. THE PILOT CONTINUED IN THE LEFT TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 36, WITH BETTER CONTROL AT REDUCED POWER. THE PILOT HAD TO EXTEND HIS DOWN WIND LEG FOR OTHER TRAFFIC ON THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED TO RUNWAY 27. WHEN HE ADDED POWER IT MADE THE AIRCRAFT ROLL LEFT AND BECAME MORE UNCONTROLLABLE. WHEN THE PILOT FELT HE COULD NOT REACH THE RUNWAY WITH THE REDUCED POWER HE ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT IN A CORN FIELD 1/4 MILE EAST OF RUNWAY 27. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND AND WENT THROUGH A FENCE. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FT FROM THE IMPACT POINT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN WITHOUT THE CANOPY. INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT CONTROLS FOR CONTINUITY AND PROPER CONNECTION. CONTROL TRAVEL COULD NOT BE VERIFIED DUE TO DAMAGE. NO EVIDEN                                  CE WAS FOUND THAT INDICATED ANY DISCREPANCIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI95LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA197), Jun 24, 1995: Griner Bushby Mustang I (N30878), Shelbyville, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's allowing the airplane to inadvertently liftoff. A factor was a malfunction of the flight control system.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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