- Date
- September 11, 1982, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Blaine, MN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8937Cassutt Mark II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820911045129A
- Case key
- 69975
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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 engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall/mush - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Witnesses at the accident site stated that after takeoff, the engine on N8937 began to sputter and the aircraft stalled at an altitude of approximately 50 to 100 feet AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8937
- Reported as
- Cassutt Mark II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- A-33
- Airframe hours
- 58
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carlyle Allison Main
- Registered owner
- Carlyle Allison Main
- Departed
- Y25 · Blaine, MN
- Destination
- Y25 · Blaine, MN
- Airport
- Y25 · Anoka County
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,100 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 183 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSP, 8 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.