# Accident 20120318006519A: Boehlke Kevin P 2/3 SCALE JENNY, New Baltimore, NY, March 18, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2012, 17:00 local time
- Place: New Baltimore, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4103° N, 73.8708° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4103&lon=-73.8708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N987KB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N987KB-2018-01-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boehlke Kevin P 2/3 SCALE JENNY (registry code 056293M, https://openairdocs.org/model/boehlke-kevin-p-2-3-scale-jenny) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A-65 series (registry code 17324, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEHLKE KEVIN P 2/3 SCALE JENNY
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A-65-1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12LA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA233) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120318006519A

## Narrative

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

CONDUCTED ON SCENE CRASH INVESTIGATION OF AN AMATEUR BUILT 2/3 SIZE JENNY BI PLANE.AIRCRAFT HAD EXPERIENCED PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND MOMENTARY LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE TURNING TO FINAL APPROACH DURING AN UNINTENTIONAL FLIGHT FROM WAYNE DELP AIRPORT (33NY).   THE LEFT WING CONTACTED A PINE TREE AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET FROM TREE ON A MAGNETIC HEADING OF 080?. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT ASSISTANCE AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL WITH TRAUMA TO THE FACE, NO OTHER INJURIES APPARENT.  A DEPOSITION WAS TAKEN BY SHERIFF DEPUTY FROM PILOT'S SON WHO INDICATED THAT AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE DURING HIGH SPEED TAXI, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO FLY PATTERN BUT LOST CONTROL WHILE TURNING FINAL. PILOT WAS NOT RATED, STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE EXPIRED AND LAST DUAL INSTRUCTION WAS IN 1999.SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION FOUND FUEL AVAILABLE AND PRESENT TO AND IN CARBURETOR, WHILE HAND TURNING ENGINE COMPRESSION FELT WITH THUMB IN ALL FOUR CYLINDERS, SPARK PRESENT FROM RIGHT MAGNETO NO SPARK WAS OBSERVED FROM THE LEFT MAGNETO. PILOT'S STATEMENT FOLLOWS:"THIS STATEMENT REVIEWS THE EVENTS OF MARCH 18, 2012 INVOLVING THE ACCIDENT I WAS INVOLVED IN. I WAS PERFORMING A HIGH SPEED TAXI IN MY EXPERIMENTAL 2/3 SCALE JENNY. TOWARDS THE SOUTH END OF THE RUNWAY, I ENCOUNTERED A GUST A WIND THAT WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO LIFT THE PLANE AT THE RIGHT WING, OFF THE RUNWAY. BY THE TIME I WAS ABLE TO GET THE PLANE LEVEL AGAIN, I WAS AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. AT THIS POINT, I WAS HEADING FOR A TREE LINE SO I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO PULL UP TO AVOID HITTING THE TREES. I CLIMBED OUT TO TRY AND REACH PATTERN ALTITUDE. I TURNED TO THE LEFT TO RETURN TO THE AIRSTRIP. AS I TURNED INTO THE FINAL TURN TO BE INLINE WITH THE RUNWAY, I LOST ENGINE POWER. THE PLANE ABRUPTLY DROPPED TO THE LEFT AND ROLLED OVER, UPSIDE DOWN AND BEGAN TO SPIN TOWARDS THE GROUND. I APPLIED MAXIMUM RUDDER AND AILERON TO RECOVER FROM SPIN AS I PULLED UP. I REGAINED FLIGHT CONTROL, TRIED PRIMING THE ENGINE WHILE LOOKING FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING SPOT. I SPOTTED A SMALL FIELD TO THE NORTHEAST THAT WAS CLOSE. I BEGAN TO RAPIDLY LOSE ALTITUDE. THERE WAS A BARN BETWEEN ME AND THE FIELD I WAS TRYING TO LAND AT. TO MISS THE BARN, I BANKED TO THE LEFT AND AT THIS POINT I HAD TO PICK BETWEEN HITTING A LARGE OAK TREE OR A PINE TREE. I HIT THE PINE TREE AND THE PLANE SPUN AROUND FACING THE DIRECTION I HAD COME IN AT. IT DROPPED NOSE FIRST INTO THE GROUND AND THEN CAME TO REST RIGHT SIDE UP."

## 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 ERA12LA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA233), Mar 18, 2012: Boehlke Kevin P 2/3 Scale Jenny (N987KB), Hannacroix, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The non-certificated pilot's improper high-speed taxi test, which resulted in a loss of control and the pilot's subsequent decision to take off to avoid trees. Also causal, was an in-flight magneto…

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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