# NTSB FTW83LA182: Rotec Rally 3B, N65RE, Edmond, OK, April 10, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 10, 1983, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Edmond, OK
- Coordinates: 35.670249, -97.409866 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6702&lon=-97.4099&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20858
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA182
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20858/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA182

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, landing
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing

## Analysis

THE PLT OF THE REGISTERED, 2 PLACE, ULTRALIGHT ACFT REPORTED THAT THE WINDS WERE VARIABLE & HE WAS INTENDING TO LAND INTO THE WIND. HOWEVER, HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE BELIEVED THE WIND HAD SWITCHED TO A TAIL WIND BEFORE THE LANDING. AFTER LANDING, HE REALIZED THERE WOULD BE INSUFFICIENT RWY REMAINING TO STOP. SO HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND. THE ACFT WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH BRAKES. AS HE ROTATED & BECAME AIRBORNE, THE LEFT WING DROPPED. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK A FENCE POST & THE ULTRALIGHT CRASHED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N65RE](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65RE-2013-06-11), registration cancelled 2013-06-11, S/N 64776, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROTEC RALLY 3B
- Registry model: [Chase Steve RALLY 3A](https://openairdocs.org/model/chase-steve-rally-3a) (registry code 056474Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)](https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (registry code 09050, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 64776
- Airframe hours: 150
- Engines: ROTAX X503 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Skyking Aviation
- Last inspection: Unknown, December 1, 1982, 51 hours before
- Airport: None, runway 35, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,900 total, 150 in this make and model, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830410012089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830410012089A), Apr 10, 1983: Amtr RALLY3A, Edmond, OK, Substantial damage. Unable to stop on the runway on landing. Began a go around. Left wing dipped and hit a fence. Aircraft cartwheeled.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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