# NTSB CHI82DA311: Dragon Fly, N641D, Plymouth, MI, August 16, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 16, 1982, 19:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place: Plymouth, MI
- Location: 42.3712° N, 83.4676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plymouth, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3712&lon=-83.4676&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 16, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72264
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA311
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72264/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA311

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

TEST FLIGHT IN NEW EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT. DURING THE FIRST LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED, STALLED AND IMPACTED LEFT WING FIRST.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N641D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N641D-1993-11-03), registration cancelled 1993-11-03, S/N 005 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DRAGON FLY
- Registry model: [Verriest Robert C DRAGONFLY](https://openairdocs.org/model/verriest-robert-c-dragonfly) (registry code 05647VN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 005
- Airframe hours: 3
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820816038459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820816038459A), Aug 16, 1982: Amtr DRAGONFLY, Plymouth, MI, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing. Held stick back. Airplane dropped to runway in a stall on its left wing. First test flight.

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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