# NTSB ATL87DEG04: Mclane Moni, N329RM, Hillsboro, OH, April 22, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: April 22, 1987, 11:32 local (15:32 UTC)
- Place: Hillsboro, OH
- Coordinates: 39.200435, -83.610931 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2004&lon=-83.6109&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report June 16, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7221
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87DEG04
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7221/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87DEG04

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (contributing factor)
  - aborted takeoff - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

AFT TKOF FM THE 3520 FOOT RWY, THE PLT STATED THAT AT ABT MIDPOINT WITH APPROX 1700 FT OF RWY REMAINING, THE ENG SPUTTERED AND STOPPED. HE WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT AGAIN BUT AFT SEVERAL SECONDS IT STOPPED AGAIN AND HE COULD NOT RESTART IT. THE PLT THEN DEVOTED HIS FULL ATTENTION TO LNDG THE ACFT STRAIGHT AHEAD. DURING THE LNDG, THE ACFT STRUCK A TREE WITH ITS LEFT WING, SPUN AROUND, AND SETTLED TO THE GROUND. INSPECTION OF THE ENG DID NOT REVEAL ANY REASON FOR ITS LOSS OF POWER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N329RM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MCLANE MONI
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 00329
- Airframe hours: 14
- Engines: KFM MAXI 107 30 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert W. Mclane
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Unknown, August 13, 1986, 14 hours before
- Airport: HOC, Highland County, runway 5, 3,520 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 73; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 912 total, 13 in this make and model, 853 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: LUK, 42 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870422010769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870422010769A), Apr 22, 1987: Amtr MONI, Hillsboro, OH, Substantial damage. Engine quit on takeoff. Restarted, quit again. Struck trees off end of runway. Cause of power loss not determined.

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.

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