- Date
- July 16, 1985, 11:54 local (15:54 UTC)
- Place
- Mechanicstown, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N717JJohn H. MC Clain, JR. Rand KR2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850716031599A
- Case key
- 13146
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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 landed short of the rwy after a power loss. The plt said he was approaching to ladn at 1800 RPM when he added power to clear some power lines. The eng did not respond and the acft was flown under the wires where it collided with a tree during landing short. After acc investigation showed no abnormalties in equipment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N717J
- Reported as
- John H. MC Clain, JR. Rand KR2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1975
- Airframe hours
- 85
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100D, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John H. Mc Clain
- Registered owner
- John H. Mcclain,Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 30, 1985 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- 0167 · Mcclain, runway 6, 2,000 × 50 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
- 66
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,909 total · 85 in this make and model · 2,800 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAK, 25 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.