- Date
- July 27, 1990, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Shenandoah, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N41FJFinn A. Arnold Glassaire/SH-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900727033979A
- Case key
- 14436
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff ground run. A factor in the accident is the pilot's lack of total experience in the type of aircraft involved in the accident.
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 just after the tail started to lift off during a takeoff ground run. The airplane left the runway, rolled into a ditch, and nosed over. The pilot has a total of twenty-two hours of experience in tail wheel airplanes. Sixteen of those hours were in the accident airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41FJ
- Reported as
- Finn A. Arnold Glassaire/SH-2 (GLASSAIRE/)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 269
- Airframe hours
- 16
- Engine
- Lycoming IO 360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Finn A. Arnold
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 20, 1990 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- SDA · Shenandoah, IA
- Airport
- SDA · Shenandoah, runway 22R, 4,100 × 70 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 22 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.