# NTSB CHI88DEI01: Van Wormer Emeraude SSE-328R, N85HT, Elyria, OH, July 2, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 2, 1988, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Elyria, OH
- Coordinates: 41.370758, -82.099868 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3708&lon=-82.0999&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 28, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13860
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88DEI01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13860/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88DEI01

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N85HT-1988-12-01), registration cancelled 1988-12-01, S/N 1514 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VAN WORMER EMERAUDE SSE-328R (EMERAUDE S)
- Registry model: [Van Wormer Harold H EMERAUDE SSE-328R](https://openairdocs.org/model/van-wormer-harold-h-emeraude-sse-328r) (registry code 7020237) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 1514
- Airframe hours: 62
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 69; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880702025329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880702025329A), Jul 2, 1988: Amtrlt EMERAUDSUPER, Elyria, OH, Substantial damage. Early nose high liftoff led to a stall on climbout. Crashed into a chain link fence west of the runway.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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