- Date
- June 27, 1985, 19:30 local (Jun 28, 1985, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kankakee, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N32RRRichard E. Rowland Cassutt III M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850627028169A
- Case key
- 13113
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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 - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Nose over
Analysis
On landing the homebuilt tailwheel acft, the pilot lost directional control, struck a ditch and flipped over on the acft's back resulting in substantial damage to the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32RR
- Reported as
- Richard E. Rowland Cassutt III M (CASSUTT II)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- RER-001
- Airframe hours
- 125
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290G, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Philip D. Gasbarro
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- IKK
- Airport
- IKK · Greater Kankakee
N32RRRegistration cancelled Jun 14, 1993 · Rowland Richard E CASSUTT III MAirframe modelRowland Richard E CASSUTT III M
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,501 total · 50 in this make and model · 2,260 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDW, 45 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.