- Date
- March 3, 1986, 17:15 local (Mar 4, 1986, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Gillette, WY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1175Miller Sievers Special
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860303006539A
- Case key
- 16857
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Analysis
On March 3, 1986 at approximately 1715 MST, an experimental miller, sievers special, struck the ground during takeoff at the Gillette-campbell county airport, Gillette, Wyoming. The pilot stated that just after takeoff on runway 34, the aircraft appeared to lose a little power at approximately 500 feet as he was starting a left turn. The aircraft had insufficient airspeed and stalled. The pilot indicated the airspeed was indicating about 60 mph. He attempted recovery by pushing the control stick forward and headed for a field west of the runway. No reason for the power loss could be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1175
- Reported as
- Miller Sievers Special (SIEVERS SP)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- SS101
- Airframe hours
- 105
- Engine
- Continental C-85-8FJ, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Barry D. Stanley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 2, 1986
- Departed
- GCC · Gillette, WY
- Airport
- GCC · Gillette-Campbell County, runway 34, 7,500 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,225 total · 1 in this make and model · 1,094 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GCC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.