- Date
- February 8, 1984, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Vanolia, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1711DBryan Dragon FLY
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840208003259A
- Case key
- 12544
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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 stated that after takeoff, while on downwind, the eng failed. He attempted to land back on the runway when the left wing struck the ground. The acft then struck a 55 gal concrete drum and a chain link fence. Examination of the acftrevealed that a plastic insert which serves as a mixture friction lock on the posa carburetor failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1711D
- Reported as
- Bryan Dragon FLY
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 353
- Airframe hours
- 100
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100D, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Courtney Bryan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- DAY · Dayton Int'L, runway 24L, 7,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 828 total · 828 in this make and model · 792 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.