- Date
- May 28, 1986, 08:51 local (14:51 UTC)
- Place
- Casper, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3109Hispano Aviacion ME109
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860528019859A
- Case key
- 16969
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During takeoff ground roll on a test flt, the acft left brake failed causing the left main wheel to lock up. The plt lost directional control and the acft departed the left side of the runway where it ground looped. The aircraft was destroyed. The pilot was not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3109
- Reported as
- Hispano Aviacion ME109
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8-109-116-40
- Airframe hours
- 8,000
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce MERLIN 500-29, 14,000 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James C. Wood
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 22, 1986 · 2 hours before
- Airport
- CPR · Natrona County Inter'L, runway 21, 10,200 × 150 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 15,000 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CPR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.