- Date
- November 9, 1986, 17:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Crawfordsville, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N371DTTurnbloom Kitfox
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861109054039A
- Case key
- 13605
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt rprtd that when he was preparing for the acft's 1st test flt, he made a hi speed run with the tail raised & acft control was good. On the next run, he planned to let the acft lift off the rwy, then let it settle back on the surface. He stated that he applied full throttle, & after the acft rolled aprx 100', it 'lifted off at a high angle of climb, full forward elevator & throttle reduction brought the aircraft to level flight, 20-30' above runway.' The acft then bgn to roll & subsequently nosed down & impacted the gnd about 75' off the left side of the rwy. The plt was wear- ing a shoulder harness & was not injured, but the acft was extensively damaged (aft fuselage/empennage badly bent btn the baggage compartment & horizontal stabilizer). The reason for the loss of control was not determined. The student plt had no previous flt time in this make & model of acft & was not endorsed for the flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N371DT
- Reported as
- Turnbloom Kitfox
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 37
- Engine
- Bombardier ROTAX 503, 52 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David E. Turnbloom
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 9, 1986 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- CFJ · Crawfordsville, runway 22, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 92 total · 25 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.