- Date
- July 17, 1985, 10:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Troy, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3642Robert Thibodeau JR ACE
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850717071409A
- Case key
- 13148
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Analysis
On July 17,1985 at 1015 EDT, a robert thibodeau jr ace N3642, registered to and flown by robert thibodeau, lost control and collided with the terrain on takeoff at Troy oakland airport, Troy,Michigan, while on a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the student pilot was uninjured. The flight originated at Troy, Michigan on July 17,1985 at 1013 EDT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3642
- Reported as
- Robert Thibodeau JR ACE
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 6466
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Thibodeau
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 12, 1985 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- 7D2 · Troy, MI
- Airport
- 7D2 · Oakland-Troy, runway 9, 3,855 × 50 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 80 total · 1 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DET, 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.