- Date
- July 2, 1988, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Elyria, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N85HTVan Wormer Emeraude SSE-328R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880702025329A
- Case key
- 13860
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the plt, the eng seemed to lose power as the acft was climbing thru about 50 ft AGL after takeoff. Subsequently, the acft settled to the ground, crossed a road & collided with a chain link fence. It came to rest about 150 ft from where it 1st contacted the ground. According to a witness, the acft was at a high angle of attack drg takeoff & appeared to stall. No preimpact part failure or malfunction of the acft or eng was found. The original design for this home built acft was for fixed conventional gear and a 72 inch prop. However, the acft was built with retractable tricycle gear, its empty weight was increased by 400 lbs, and a 64 inch prop (with a different pitch) was installed. The plt did not have a rating in sel airplanes. He had a biennial review in a C-152 20 mos before the acdt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85HT
- Reported as
- Van Wormer Emeraude SSE-328R (EMERAUDE S)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1514
- Airframe hours
- 62
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harold H. Vanwormer
- Registered owner
- Van Wormer, Harold H
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- 1G1 · Elyria, runway 27, 3,047 × 48 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
- 69
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,555 total · 62 in this make and model · 1,081 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CIE, 12 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.