- Date
- August 16, 1982, 19:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Plymouth, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N641DDragon Fly
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820816038459A
- Case key
- 72264
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Flare - improperCause
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Stall - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Test flight in new experimental aircraft. During the first landing the aircraft ballooned, stalled and impacted left wing first.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N641D
- Reported as
- Dragon Fly
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 005
- Airframe hours
- 3
- Engine
- Volkswagon 1835, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert C. Verriest
- Registered owner
- Robert C. Verriest
- Departed
- ID2 · Plymouth, MI
- Destination
- ID2 · Plymouth, MI
- Airport
- ID2 · Mettetal, runway 18, 2,100 × 50 ft, asphalt
N641DRegistration cancelled Nov 3, 1993 · Verriest Robert C DRAGONFLYAirframe modelVerriest Robert C DRAGONFLY
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 80 total · 36 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.