- Date
- September 13, 1983, 19:30 local (Sep 14, 1983, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Spanish Fork, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4415VWormley Wizard/T-38
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830913050499A
- Case key
- 16025
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with the ground after a stall at about 75 ft afl during takeoff. The pilot stated that he took off on runway 30 after a ground roll of about 200 ft, started to climb, and at about 75 ft noticed he was flying too slow, he felt a buffet and pushed and stick forward and reduced power to prevent a power on stall. The aircraft fell to the ground at about 4 deg nose down attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4415V
- Reported as
- Wormley Wizard/T-38 (WIZARD/T-3)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- T-385038035
- Engine
- Rotax 503, 27 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Val Jay Mccullough
- Registered owner
- Thomas E. Wormley
- Airport
- U77 · Spanish Fork, runway 30, 3,300 × 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 245 total · 38 in this make and model · 140 as pilot in command · 140 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC, 45 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.