- Date
- August 28, 1991, 21:30 local (Aug 29, 1991, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hart, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N64JEClassic YMF5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910828039849A
- Case key
- 15171
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during a 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 departed the left side of the runway during a takeoff ground run. The airplane nosed over in shrubs and tall grass.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64JE
- Reported as
- Classic YMF5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- F5-022
- Engine
- Jacobs, 275 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Solton
- Destination
- 4D0 · Grand Ledge, MI
- Airport
- CO4 · Oceana Co., runway 26, 2,020 × 50 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,378 total · 88 in this make and model · 1,995 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 120° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- MKG, 26 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.
Other investigations on N64JE · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.