- Date
- September 21, 1986, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lacon, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73NSNord Stampe SV4C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860921047049A
- Case key
- 13342
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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 plt lost control of the acft during the landing roll, & subsequently, one of the main landing gear collapsed. He stated that he applied the left 'drag brake' (a braking device activated during the last portion of rudder travel) & overcorrected to the left. He then activated the right 'drag brake' & overcorrected to the right. This resulted in a ground loop & acft damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73NS
- Reported as
- Nord Stampe SV4C (STAMPE SV4)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 303
- Airframe hours
- 1,416
- Engine
- Renault 4P03, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jay D. Galpin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 9, 1986 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- VPZ · Valparaiso, IN
- Airport
- C75 · Marshall County, runway 18, 2,200 × 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
- 34
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 9,200 total · 190 in this make and model · 6,000 as pilot in command · 74 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 232° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIA, 28 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.
Other investigations on N73NS · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.