- Date
- August 17, 1990, 09:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Memphis, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N532DBFisher Flying Products Classic BI Plane
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900817033989A
- Case key
- 14435
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll. The pilot's lack of total aviation experience was a related factor.
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.
Analysis
The pilot of the accident airplane stated that he lost directional control during his landing roll. The airplane left the runway, rolled into low brush and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N532DB
- Reported as
- Fisher Flying Products Classic BI Plane (CLASSIC BI)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- C015
- Airframe hours
- 52
- Engine
- Rotax 532LC, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David A. Bailie
- Registered owner
- Harry A. Britton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 14, 1989 · 52 hours before
- Departed
- CNC · Chariton, IA
- Airport
- MO16 · Memphis, runway 12, 2,500 × 50 ft, concrete
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 74 total · 14 in this make and model · 32 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.