- Date
- June 1, 1984, 20:36 local (Jun 2, 1984, 00:36 UTC)
- Place
- Lansing, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4463LLeblanc Dragon FLY
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840601020509A
- Case key
- 12637
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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 inadvertently became airborne on a high speed taxi test. The plt lowered the nose resulting in a porpoise & thecanard was damaged. The acft had not been inspected or certified by the FAA. Examination revealed that the right wing had a higher angle of incidence than the left creating an asymmetrical lift condition. The pilot applied right stick to lift the left wing and the acft attained a height of 4 ft to 5 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4463L
- Reported as
- Leblanc Dragon FLY
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 073
- Engine
- Volkswagen HAPI, 60 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arthur Leblanc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- LAN · Capital City, runway 27L, 7,251 × 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,970 total · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4463L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.