- Date
- July 25, 1985, 09:20 local (14:20 UTC)
- Place
- Brodhead, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N13708Neyman-Pietenpol GN-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850725036389A
- Case key
- 12886
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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 was observed making steep turns at about 500 ft AGL just prior to the acdnt. One witness stated that the airspeed was decaying during these turns & the acft stalled while in a steep bank. Reportedly, the acft began spinning, then the plt stopped the spin & was recovering in a wings level attitude when the plane collided with trees. The eng was at full power when the acft contacted the trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13708
- Reported as
- Neyman-Pietenpol GN-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 305
- Airframe hours
- 250
- Engine
- Franklin 4AC-17G-BA-2, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Merle H. Neyman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 30, 1984 · 40 hours before
- Airport
- C37 · Brodhead, runway 21, 1,520 × 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 2,511 total · 250 in this make and model · 21 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JVL, 18 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.
Other investigations on N13708 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.