- Date
- July 20, 1986, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Midland, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N846VRose Rhinehart A4-C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860720034759A
- Case key
- 22064
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he encountered severe windshear on approach to landing at the ryan aerodrom airport. He applied full power and pulled the nose up to the best angle of climb attitude, however he could not arrest the sink rate and hit the runway in a slightly nose down attitude. The aircraft propeller contacted the runway and the aircraft nosed over into the inverted position. To his knowledge the aircraft did not stall. There were no reports of wind gusts in the area at the time of the accident. During a telephone conversation with the airport manager at the ryan aerodrom airport on 7-21-86, the pilot would often buzz the airport to clear away any animals before landing and thought perhaps the pilot had not allowed adequate altitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N846V
- Reported as
- Rose Rhinehart A4-C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 509
- Airframe hours
- 76
- Engine
- Continental A-40, 40 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David R. Conoley
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 7, 1986
- Airport
- 7TX7 · Midland, runway 18, 2,650 × 200 ft, grass/turf
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 75 in this make and model · 3,814 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MAF, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.