- Date
- August 23, 1985, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Okmulgee, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N45CJJames/Viking Dragonfly
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850823040219A
- Case key
- 21861
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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 acft bounced 3 times during a landing after the engine failed to preduce full power for takeoff. After the 3rd bounce the rt canard broke off at the fuselage. The plt stated that the fuel filter was found to be blocked by some type of residue.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45CJ
- Reported as
- James/Viking Dragonfly
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 545
- Airframe hours
- 8
- Engine
- Hapi 60-2DM, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carl D. James
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 8, 1985 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- OKM · Okmulgee, OK
- Airport
- OKM · Okmulgee Munic., runway 17, 4,300 × 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 410 total · 3 in this make and model · 313 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.