- Date
- July 10, 1985, 08:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Aztec, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N272CPPetracca Glasair SH-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850710030449A
- Case key
- 16769
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft sustained substantial damage after it stalled and contacted the ground during takeoff. Plt stated lift off was made with minimal airspeed and the right wing dropped shortly after becoming airborne. Plt overcorrected for the right bank, the acft banked left and the pitch attitude increased until a stall resulted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N272CP
- Reported as
- Petracca Glasair SH-2 (GLASAIR SH)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 272
- Airframe hours
- 265
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Carmine J. Petracca , Od
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 4, 1984 · 100 hours before
- Destination
- LWS · Lewiston, ID
- Airport
- Q19 · Aztec Municipal, runway 8, 4,300 × 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,613 total · 1,578 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMN, 11 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.