- Date
- June 16, 1985, 13:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Eagle River, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4933NBrians Puffin
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850616025499A
- Case key
- 4578
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt was conducting taxi tests on his homebuilt acft when it started to sustain a hull structure failure and control interference from separating parts. The acft pitched off the water, climbed to aprx 100 ft AGL, stalled and spun to ground impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4933N
- Reported as
- Brians Puffin
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 01
- Airframe hours
- 53
- Engine
- Rotax 503, 50 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Johnnie C. Brians
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 16, 1985 · 1 hours before
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 221 total · 53 in this make and model · 154 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.