- Date
- October 4, 1986, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Brighton, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N913MCassutt Sport Racer
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861004047789A
- Case key
- 17063
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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 rprtd that he did not properly lock the canopy & it came open drg flt at 7000 ft MSL. He reduced the speed & attempted to close the canopy, but was not successful. He diverted & attempted to land at the van aire arpt while holding the canopy with his left hand. The throttle was on the left side of the cockpit. While preparing to land, the plt held the stick btn his legs & reached over with his rgt hand to reduce the throttle setting. Rprtdly, the acft lost speed faster than the plt expected & began to stall as it was crossing over a pond just short of the rwy. The landing gear contacted the water & the acft cartwheeled & came to rest in the pond.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N913M
- Reported as
- Cassutt Sport Racer (SPORT RACE)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 097160062
- Airframe hours
- 535
- Engine
- Continental PC60-6, 70 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenneth R. Meister
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 10, 1986 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- 2V2 · Longmont, CO
- Destination
- 01V · Aurora, CO
- Airport
- 2V2 · Van Aire, runway 12, 3,950 × 50 ft, macadam
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 594 total · 525 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DEN, 10 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.