- Date
- August 13, 1991, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mexico, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N714JManville Avid Flyer
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910813033869A
- Case key
- 14793
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during a landing roll. A factor associated with the accident is the pilot's lack of familiarity with the accident airplane.
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 was substantially damaged when it went off the side of the runway during a landing roll and ground looped in soft terrain. The accident occurred during the airplane's initial test flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714J
- Reported as
- Manville Avid Flyer
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 714
- Engine
- Rotax UNK, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George Manville
- Registered owner
- George Manville
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- H41 · Mexico, MO
- Airport
- H41 · Mexico, runway 24, 5,500 × 100 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 7 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 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.
Other investigations on N714J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.