- Date
- April 12, 1986, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Erie, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N42RJRJB Skybolt A-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860412012629A
- Case key
- 16954
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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 plt reported that the acft encountered a ridge on the rwy during the landing roll and swerved off the side. He said weather was not a factor. An FAA ops inspector examined the rwy after the acdnt and could not locate the reported ridge.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42RJ
- Reported as
- RJB Skybolt A-1 (SKYBOLT A-)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- A-1
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-360-H1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Christine Wolff
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- BJC · Broomfield, CO
- Airport
- 48V · Tri-County, runway 33, 5,400 × 65 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,100 total · 19 in this make and model · 37 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.