- Date
- September 26, 1991, 10:37 local (16:37 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Collins, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N226JMJoseph A. Mullan Dragon FLY
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910926043099A
- Case key
- 18137
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Probable cause
Undetermined. The lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing was a factor in the accident.
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
While conducting what the pilot stated was taxi tests, the aircraft inadvertently became airborne. With over 4500 feet of runway remaining, the pilot elected to continue flying. Approximately one quarter mile up wind from the runway end, the engine output deteriorated and a forced landing was made in a freshly plower field. On touchdown, the aircraft flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N226JM
- Reported as
- Joseph A. Mullan Dragon FLY
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 63
- Engine
- Volkswagen 1835CC, 50 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joseph A. Mullan
- Registered owner
- Joseph A. Mullan
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 20 in this make and model · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.