- Date
- September 9, 1984, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Greenville, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3958CHarris Goldwing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840909047599A
- Case key
- 12768
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt was performing touch and go landings below 1100 ft overcast sky. Passing north end of field at 800 ft, plt noted rain shower at south end & elected to land to the south. During apch turn the left wing dropped abruptly to a near-inverted acft attitude. Plt applied full pwr and corrective control inputs but the acft collided with muddy terrainbefore recovery was completed. Plt cited wind shear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3958C
- Reported as
- Harris Goldwing
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 385
- Airframe hours
- 16
- Engine
- Cuyuna 430D, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald L. Harris
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 18, 1984 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- GRE · Greenville, IL
- Airport
- GRE · Greenville, runway 18, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 623 total · 16 in this make and model · 546 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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