- Date
- July 22, 2006, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Troy, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6186CSargent Bushby Mustang II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Detroit, MI, FSDO
- FAA report
- 20060722022639A
- Case key
- 64339
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Probable cause
The pilot's delayed decision to go-around leading to the impact with the fence during the go-around. A factor was the fence.
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 experimental tailwheel airplane was reported destroyed during an attempted go-around when the airplane exited the end of the runway and impacted a fence. The pilot said that he landed a "little faster than normal." The pilot stated, "By the time the decision was made to go around there wasn't enough runway remaining." The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane in reference to the flight.
Factual narrative
The experimental tailwheel airplane was reported destroyed during an attempted go-around when the airplane exited the end of the runway and impacted a fence. The pilot said that he landed a "little faster than normal." The pilot stated, "By the time the decision was made to go around there wasn't enough runway remaining." The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane in reference to the flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6186C
- Reported as
- Sargent Bushby Mustang II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- MII 1443
- Airframe hours
- 477.9
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas Robert Curski
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 2006
- Departed
- PHN · Port Huron, MI
- Destination
- VLL · Troy, MI
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
- 54
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 1, 2004
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 294 total · 126 in this make and model · 223 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Observed at
- VLL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.