- Date
- October 3, 1984, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Wayne, IN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3152PBrewer Corsair
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841003056579A
- Case key
- 12923
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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
After touchdown and an initial rollout of aprx 480 ft, the acft began veering to the right. The acft departed the right side of the rwy and contacted a plowed trench, 29 ft from the rwy, where it nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3152P
- Reported as
- Brewer Corsair
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- MB-2
- Airframe hours
- 18
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Marcus Brewer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 15, 1984 · 18 hours before
- Airport
- SMD · Smith Field, runway 31, 2,906 × 100 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 85 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.