- Date
- April 20, 1986, 18:20 local (Apr 21, 1986, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Wisconsin Rapid, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N23DADay Skybolt DB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860420016069A
- Case key
- 13311
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt thought he had sufficient fuel for a 'short trip around the pattern.' However, shortly after taking off from rwy 29, the eng began to lose power. The plt attempted to land on rwy 2, but all power was lost & he was unable to reach the rwy. He landed the acft in a shallow lake (in aprx 5 ft of water) & waded ashore with his 4 yr old passenger. Only 1 inch of fuel was found in the fuel tank & only 8 drops of fuel were found in the fuel strainer bowl.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23DA
- Reported as
- Day Skybolt DB
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 01
- Airframe hours
- 460
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Strub, T.W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 12, 1985 · 50 hours before
- Airport
- ISW · Alexander Field
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 622 total · 25 in this make and model · 582 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.