- Date
- July 18, 1991, 08:05 local (13:05 UTC)
- Place
- Casey, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2821O'Connell Stits SA-3B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910718027909A
- Case key
- 14862
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot's failure to maintain a proper rate of climb after takeoff. A factor in the accident was the pilot's lack of experience in model.
Analysis
A student pilot purchased an inactive, homebuilt airplane, three years out of inspection. The owner took the airplane for a trial flight with another student pilot as passenger. On the fourth consecutive takeoff, the airplane settled into a bean field at the departure end. The owner reported no malfunction or failure, and none was found.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2821
- Reported as
- O'Connell Stits SA-3B (STITS SA-3)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- TO 452
- Airframe hours
- 165
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290G, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jeff G. Shott
- Registered owner
- Harold R. Parker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 7, 1987 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- 1HB · Casey, IL
- Airport
- 1H8 · Casey Muni, runway 36, 1,965 × 100 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 42 total · 10 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HUF, 38 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.