- Date
- September 10, 1987, 10:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Salem, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N80ETBushby Mustang II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870910050979A
- Case key
- 7235
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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
A coml plt (PIC in the left seat) was providing a familiarization flt for a pvt plt (coplt in the rgt seat). The PIC allowed the rgt seat plt to make the takeoff. The PIC rprtd that after the acft lifted off & climbed about 5 to 10 ft, the rgt wing dipped & the acft veered to the rgt. The acft contacted the ground on the rgt side of the rwy, became airborne again, then touched down again. Subsequently, it hit uneven terrain & trees and was extensively damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80ET
- Reported as
- Bushby Mustang II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 194
- Airframe hours
- 36
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward J. Tracey
- Registered owner
- Edward J Tracey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 29, 1986 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- 38D
- Airport
- 38D · Salem Airpark, runway 10L, 2,616 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,582 total · 22 in this make and model · 2,582 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- YNG, 22 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.