- Date
- June 6, 1985, 08:20 local (12:20 UTC)
- Place
- Plymouth, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1462Chadwick Stitts SA-3A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850606022719A
- Case key
- 13085
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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 control - in flight
Lift-off - not maintainedCause
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftFactor
Airspeed - not obtainedCause
Stall/spin - inadvertent
Abort - not performedFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ground
Analysis
The pilot stated that the takeoff was made at too low an airspeed. The acft continued down the rwy at about 20 ft AGL in a nose high attitude. At the end of the rwy the acft pitched up & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1462
- Reported as
- Chadwick Stitts SA-3A (STITTS SA-)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- MS-1
- Airframe hours
- 424
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard T. Chadwick
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 2, 1984 · 33 hours before
- Airport
- ID2 · Mettetal, runway 36, 2,550 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 69
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 60 total · 1 in this make and model · 32 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 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.