- Date
- September 21, 1984, 12:34 local (18:34 UTC)
- Place
- Deming, NM
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4198GWindecker Research Eagel AC7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840921050459A
- Case key
- 16489
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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 acft collided with the rwy gear up after takeoff. The plt said he encountered a microburst which forced the acft to the rwy. There were reported thunderstorms in the area. The plt also said he is going to alter his takeoff proceduresto raising the landing gear only after clearing the end of the ryw. He felt that having the gear down would have prevented the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4198G
- Reported as
- Windecker Research Eagel AC7
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 007
- Airframe hours
- 4,850
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gerald Dietrich
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 15, 1984 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- DMN · Deming, NM
- Destination
- Midland, TX
- Airport
- DMN · Deming Municipal, runway 26, 6,578 × 60 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,400 total · 5,000 in this make and model · 9,400 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DMN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.