- Date
- September 13, 1986, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Erie, ND
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N319ERRarsch RV-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860913044959A
- Case key
- 16856
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt said he was making a short field apch to a private, sod, strip. He said he was in a shallow lt bank on final apch when he noticed the acft was in a slip and descending too fast to avoid a collision with trees 500 ft from the apch end of the strip. The acft collided with the trees and crashed in a plowed field short of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N319ER
- Reported as
- Rarsch RV-4
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 319
- Airframe hours
- 38
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eugene N. Rausch
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 2, 1986 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- West Fargo, ND
- Airport
- Schroeder (Private)
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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 38 in this make and model · 1,060 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 29 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAR, 27 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 N319ER · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.