- Date
- May 30, 1987, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chesapeake, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N39583Ham Wizard
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 11266
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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
Drg flt, a portion of the exhaust stack broke off & struck the wooden prop. Aprx 1/3 of the prop separated & a severe vibration started. The plt shut down the eng & headed for an open field. Due to lack of altitude, he was barely able to clear nearby trees. Subsequently, the acft landed hard & was further damaged. An exam of the failed exhaust stack revealed evidence of a previous crack.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39583
- Reported as
- Ham Wizard
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 66001
- Engine
- Rotax UNK, 48 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Anthony Meyer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- Chesapeake, VA
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 150 total · 10 in this make and model · 100 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHF, 20 nm away