- Date
- September 14, 1985, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kerrville, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5MFHomebuilt Tiger Bird
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850914045029A
- Case key
- 21866
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 nosed over on landing following a loss of directional control. The plt reported touchdown was made on the first 100 ft of the rwy and as the acft slowed to aprx 10 mph directional control was lost. The acft traveled off the left side of the airstrip and down a 5 ft, 45 deg bank where it nosed over. The plt attributed the accident to the x-wind, gravel airstrip and poor judgement.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5MF
- Reported as
- Homebuilt Tiger Bird
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Airframe hours
- 743
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C4B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael L Frey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · March 1, 1985 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- 2 · Alvin, TX
- Destination
- Kerrville, TX
- Airport
- Yo Ranch
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 743 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 84 °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.