- Date
- December 1, 1989, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lansing Arpt, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N533TEdward Avid Flyer C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891201048869A
- Case key
- 14448
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Probable cause
Pilot's failure to attain proper runway alignment prior to touchdown. A factor in the accident was the builder's improper modification of the carburetors.
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
A homebuilt airplane on its initial flight experienced engine stoppage during departure from the field. The private pilot states he restarted the engine and returned to home field. He commenced an approach with another airplane on the runway for takeoff. He was making a turn for displacement when the engine quit again. The other airplane rolled and the accident pilot resumed his approach. The accident airplane landed in a left bank, angled off the runway and struck a ditch. Examination of the engine showed the twin carburetors modified to a configuration and jetting not approved by the engine manufacturer and for which no test or engineering data was available.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N533T
- Reported as
- Edward Avid Flyer C (AVID FLYER)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 401
- Engine
- Rotax 532, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Miller, C. Edward
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 20, 1989
- Destination
- 3HA
- Airport
- 3HA · Lansing Municipal, runway 27, 3,655 × 75 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 853 total · 853 as pilot in command · 113 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDW, 17 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.