- Date
- May 6, 1993, 09:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Seymour, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N10GZZeigler Moni
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930506012409A
- Case key
- 9147
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Probable cause
an inadvertent stall. Factors relating to the accident are the major alteration of the airframe, and failure of the pilot-in- command to obtain new performance data.
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 pilot stated the airplane stalled shortly after takeoff at an altitude of 50 feet, and then contacted the ground. Each wing of the experimental airplane had been shortened by 3 feet, and a heavier landing gear installed by the builder, who was also the pilot. No adjustment to performance data had been done.
Factual narrative
On May 6, 1993, at 0945, eastern standard time, a Zeigler Moni homebuilt airplane, N10GZ, sustained substantial damage when the pilot lost control and crashed on takeoff at the Freeman Municipal Airport, Seymour, Indiana. The private pilot, and sole occupant of the airplane, received minor injuries. No flight plan was filed for the local flight, and visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time.
The pilot stated the airplane stalled after takeoff at an altitude of about 50 feet, and contacted the ground in a nose- down attitude.
The airplane had been modified by the pilot, who was also the builder. Each wing had been shortened by 3 feet, and a heavier landing gear had been installed. No adjustment had been made to the performance data for the airplane to compensate for the increased weight or shortened wings. The airplane had not been recertificated in this configuration.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10GZ
- Reported as
- Zeigler Moni
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 0023
- Airframe hours
- 100
- Engine
- Iame 107E, 30 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gary L. Zeigler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 25, 1993 · 1 hours before
- Airport
- SER · Freeman Muni, runway 5, 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 100 in this make and model · 260 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.