- Date
- October 1, 1987, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Delevan, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1173VGrumman G-44
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871001058579A
- Case key
- 13873
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Weather condition - gustsFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Nose over
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Analysis
On initial takeoff roll the aircraft experienced a loss of control in a strong crosswind, departed the runway to the left, struck a tree line and over turned.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1173V
- Reported as
- Grumman G-44
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1383
- Airframe hours
- 3,580
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-480-BID, 270 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clarence G. Nissen
- Registered owner
- Crane Engineering Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- C59 · Delevan, WI
- Destination
- MKE · Milwaukee, WI
- Airport
- C59 · Lake Lawn, runway 18, 4,400 × 80 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
- 84
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,962 total · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 25 knots, gusting 32
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKE, 40 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.