- Date
- June 1, 1991, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- St. Genevieve, MO
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7175JGremminger Kolb Twinstar
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910601019219A
- Case key
- 14792
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to abort the takeoff and improper remedial action by the pilot rated passenger after assuming control of the airplane. A factor associated with the accident is the pilot losing directional control during the takeoff ground run.
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 accident airplane collided with farm equipment during a ground run for takeoff. The pilot continued the takeoff after losing directional control. A pilot rated passenger assumed control of the airplane just before impact and unsuccessfully attempted to hop the airplane over the equipment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7175J
- Reported as
- Gremminger Kolb Twinstar (KOLB TWINS)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 9043
- Airframe hours
- 71
- Engine
- Rotax 503UL, 54 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Greg W. Gremminger
- Registered owner
- Greg W. Gremminger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 17, 1990 · 71 hours before
- Airport
- H90 · Ste. Genevieve, runway 13, 1,600 × 90 ft, grass/turf
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
- Left
- Flight hours
- 121 total · 14 in this make and model · 75 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.