- Date
- August 31, 1985, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Atkinson, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N35ASPZL-Bielsko SZD-45A Ogar
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850831042259A
- Case key
- 12888
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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 engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Witnesses reported seeing the acft shortly after takeoff at an alt of aprx 40 to 50 ft AGL. At this time, according to witnesses, the eng slowed down, the acft turned left and dove into the terrain. No mechanical failure/malfunction was discovered during an eng examination which would have resulted in any substantial loss of pwr.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35AS
- Reported as
- PZL-Bielsko SZD-45A Ogar (SZD-45A OG)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- B771
- Airframe hours
- 191
- Engine
- Limbach SL 1700 EC, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Far Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · August 16, 1985 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- 61C · Fort Atkinson, WI
- Airport
- 61C · Fort Atkinson Municipal, runway 21, 1,950 × 150 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,851 total · 63 in this make and model · 1,684 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JVL, 23 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.