CHI86FER18

NTSB accident investigation · Shanks/Becker Acro Sport · New Richmond, WI · September 1, 1986

Accident · No injuriesFinal report
Date
September 1, 1986, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
Place
New Richmond, WI
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N2263VShanks/Becker Acro Sport
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed · report April 25, 1988
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19860901043019A
Case key
13334

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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.

On ground/water collision with objectLanding - roll
Directional control - not maintainedPilot in commandCause
Terrain condition - high vegetationFactor
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Other airport/runway maintenance - inadequatePilot in commandCause

Analysis

According to the pilot during landing rollout his left wing encountered three to four foot high grass growing up to the edge of the turf runway. The aircraft then veered off into a ditch. The runway involved is 2100 feet long and 75 feet wide.

Aircraft

Registration
N2263V
Reported as
Shanks/Becker Acro Sport
Category
Airplane, amateur-built
Serial number
396
Airframe hours
30
Engine
Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Part 91
Operator
Richard A. Becker
Registered owner
William Shanks/Richard Becker
Airworthiness certificate
Special, Experimental (Special)
Last inspection
Unknown · September 16, 1985 · 30 hours before
Departed
21D · Lake Elmo, MN
Airport
RNH · New Richmond, runway 22, 2,100 × 75 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
45
Certificates
Flight instructor, Commercial
Airplane ratings
Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
Instrument ratings
Airplane
Medical
Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat
Front
Flight hours
1,806 total · 20 in this make and model · 1,656 as pilot in command

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
270° at 20 knots
Visibility
20 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.