- Date
- August 22, 1989, 19:00 local (Aug 23, 1989, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tomah, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N22KKTierra II Panther 2 Plus
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890822031139A
- Case key
- 14213
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Probable cause
The pilot's premature liftoff, which resulted in a stall/mush and subsequently impact on the runway.
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 - in flight
Lift-off - prematureCause
Stall/mush - inadvertentCause
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Terrain condition - runway
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22KK
- Reported as
- Tierra II Panther 2 Plus (PANTHER 2)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- T2KK2
- Engine
- Bombardier ROTAX, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenneth C. Kuhn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 17, 1989 · 5 hours before
- Airport
- YT2 · Boger Field, runway 24, 3,900 × 76 ft, asphalt
N22KKRegistration cancelled Aug 22, 2013 · Kuhn Kenneth C TERATORN IIAirframe modelKuhn Kenneth C TERATORN IIEngine modelBombardier ROTAX (ALL)
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 461 total · 15 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GRB, 107 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.