- Date
- May 27, 1985, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- New Baden, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N64ABSteens Skybolt
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850527020659A
- Case key
- 12839
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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
Witnesses stated the acft made a low pass down the rwy (20 to 30 ft AGL) at an airspeed of aprx 200 mph. The acft then entered a steep climb and at about 100 at AGL, the acft rolled to the right. The acft lost alt during the roll and descended to ground impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64AB
- Reported as
- Steens Skybolt
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- ARB-16
- Airframe hours
- 377
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-D4A5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Albert H. Braun
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 14, 1985 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- New Baden, IL
- Airport
- Fischer, runway 18, 2,400 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,756 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BVL, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.