# NTSB FTW86FPA02: Homebuilt Fokker DR-1 Replica, N152DR, Denton, TX, November 2, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: November 2, 1985, 17:04 local (23:04 UTC)
- Place: Denton, TX
- Coordinates: 33.189037, -97.129852 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1890&lon=-97.1299&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21919
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86FPA02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21919/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86FPA02

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Fire, other

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED HE WAS MAKING HIS FOURTH FLY-BY AT 400 FEET AGL WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED A HIGH SINK RATE. HE THEN LOWERED THE NOSE AND GAINED AIRSPEED FOR RECOVERY. WHILE LEVELING OFF HE HAD TO TURN LEFT TO AVOID IMPACT WITH A SMALL TREE. AT THIS TIME THE LEFT LOWER WINGTIP CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THE CRASH OCCURRED. GROUND FIRE ERUPTED IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONSUMED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N152DR](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N152DR-2012-09-12), registration cancelled 2012-09-12, S/N 152-17, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HOMEBUILT FOKKER DR-1 REPLICA (FOKKER DR-)
- Registry model: [Lowe-Alan FOKKER TRIPLANE DR1](https://openairdocs.org/model/lowe-alan-fokker-triplane-dr1) (registry code 0566359) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Warner SS165 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/warner-ss165-series) (registry code 64504, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 152-17
- Airframe hours: 110
- Engines: WARNER WARNER MDL165 165 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Fighting Air Command
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 21, 1985, 15 hours before
- Departed: 1F3, DENTON, TX
- Destination: 1F3, DENTON, TX
- Airport: 1F3, Hartlee Field

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 891 total, 15 in this make and model, 738 as pilot in command, 45 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 315° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °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 19851102055609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851102055609A), Nov 2, 1985: Amtrrf FOKKERDR1, Denton, TX, Destroyed. The aircraft impacted the ground during a low altitude fly by. The pilot reported downdrafts.

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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