- Date
- July 21, 1987, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tomah, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N228MCRobinson Avid Flyer
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870721037889A
- Case key
- 13581
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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 homebuilt, hiwing acft had just been assembled by the owner/plt & was readied for its 1st flt. After takeoff from rwy 25, the acft entered a climb, turned back over the arpt & crossed over the rwy. Subsequently, it was maneuveredabout 500 to 800 ft south of the rwy, in the vicinity of a left base turn to rwy 25. While in a left turn, the bank angle increased to about 60 deg & the acft descended to the ground & crashed. It struck the ground 486 ft short of rwy 25 on a hdg of 270 deg. The plt was seriously injured & could not remember details of the acdnt. He stated he could not get full power from the eng. However, no specific problems were found during an exam of the eng, except that deposits in the front cylinder were indicative of a slightly rich fuel mixture.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N228MC
- Reported as
- Robinson Avid Flyer
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- KIT #228
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- Rotax 532, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- David B. Robinson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · July 14, 1987 · 3 hours before
- Airport
- Y72 · Bloyer Field, runway 24, 3,580 × 40 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 101 total · 74 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VOK, 11 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.