- Date
- February 13, 1987, 12:02 local (17:02 UTC)
- Place
- Mc Arthur, OH
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N894RBRichard A. Brown Falco F-8L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870213003309A
- Case key
- 7220
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
PIC and acft owner landed at a/p and req fuel which was not avail. Acft left to fly to another a/p. during initial climb engine quit at 300-400 feet. PIC turned back toward rwy, acft stalled, impacted ground in 90 degree left wing low attitude. Other pilots who had flown acft rpted it stalled without warning and rolled quickly left. Test flt sign off in acft log was improperly accomplished. Sign off incorrectly stated acft had no unusual flt characteristics.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N894RB
- Reported as
- Richard A. Brown Falco F-8L
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 894
- Airframe hours
- 27
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-B1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard A. Brown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · November 24, 1986 · 27 hours before
- Destination
- UNI · Athens, OH
- Airport
- 22I · Vinton County, runway 8, 3,850 × 75 ft
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 289 total · 3 in this make and model · 213 as pilot in command · 57 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 31.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PK13, 47 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.