- Date
- May 4, 1983, 09:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place
- River Falls, MN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3885DHolmes XTC2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830504017279A
- Case key
- 12160
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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 acft pulled up steeply after takeoff and stalled. The acft crashed back on the rwy. The pilot said he reduced power after takeoff and the acft stalled. He also said if he had not reduced power the accident would not have happened.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3885D
- Reported as
- Holmes XTC2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 28
- Engine
- KFM 107, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stewart J. Holmes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- TVF · Thief River Falls, runway 31, 6,500 × 150 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 610 total · 15 in this make and model · 15 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.