- Date
- September 21, 1983, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rush City, MN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2441QJilek-Smith Miniplane DSA-M3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830921050079A
- Case key
- 12026
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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
The plt was performing a high speed taxi test on rwy 33 when the acft became airborne. After lift-off, it climbed to an alt of aprx 50 ft & went into a left turn. It continued in a nose high attitude until it turned about 180 deg then crashed. One witness stated that the wind was blowing from north to west at 5 to 25 knots & was very gusty. He believed the acft encounter a gust of wind which caused the acft to become airborne. He stated that the plt then appliedfull power in an attempt to gain control, but was unable to lower the nose sufficiently to gain flying speed. Also, he said the acft impacted with the left wing & nose slightly low. Another witness stated that after becoming airborne, the acft seemed to hang on the prop in a stalled condition. An exam of the flt controls was made & the right rudder cable was found off of the right aft pulley. Also, the control stick would move forward of the neutral position when the elevators were positioned to neutral.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2441Q
- Reported as
- Jilek-Smith Miniplane DSA-M3
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1003
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph R. Jilek
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 30, 1978 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- 54Y · Rush City Muni, runway 33, 3,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 169 total · 129 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 18 statute miles
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSP, 30 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.