- Date
- July 20, 1986, 11:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Sundance, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N990RERotec Panther II Plus
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860720034289A
- Case key
- 17017
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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 said that on the first flight of N990RE, the vehicle revealed some undesirable flt control characteristics. He said that after landing he installed both doors and then attempted another take off. It was shortly after take off that the plt lost control of the vehicle and collided with the ground. The vehicle was substantially damaged however, the pilot was uninjured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N990RE
- Reported as
- Rotec Panther II Plus (PANTHER II)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 69043
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- Rotax 532, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gaylord G. Lenz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 20, 1986 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- Sundance, WY
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,070 total · 1 in this make and model · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.