- Date
- April 26, 1984, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lambertville, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N83BJWilliam Freeman Glasair
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840426016219A
- Case key
- 12589
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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 control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Nose over
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
The plt stated that during takeoff, the acft weather vaned into the wind and the left main landing gear went off the rwy. When the acft hit soft plowed dirt after leaving the rwy, it nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83BJ
- Reported as
- William Freeman Glasair
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 488
- Airframe hours
- 70
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William Freeman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Destination
- Columbus, OH
- Airport
- 5G9 · Toledo Suburban, runway 27, 3,258 × 50 ft, asphalt
N83BJRegistration cancelled Aug 22, 2013 · Freeman Bill SHA-GLASAIRAirframe modelFreeman Bill SHA-GLASAIREngine modelLycoming O-320-E3D
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 70 in this make and model · 75 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.