- Date
- February 16, 1986, 18:30 local (Feb 17, 1986, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ranger, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9660NWayne Mathews Glas AIR SH2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860216002889A
- Case key
- 22114
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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 drifted left off the rwy during takeoff and collided with trees. This was a home built acft that had just been certified. The owner/builder had made high speed taxi runs but did not feel comfortable to fly it. Another plt was asked and after a short taxi and run-up this plt attempted to fly. He lost contrl and crashed after colliding with the tree line to the left of the rwy. The owner/builder said that the power was applied too rapidly with too little right rudder applied initially. By the time full rt rudder was applied the acft was going left off the rwy and was pulled off the ground prematurely to try to get over the tree line. This was the acfts maiden flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9660N
- Reported as
- Wayne Mathews Glas AIR SH2R (GLAS AIR S)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 566
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sherman D. Clemons
- Registered owner
- Wayne Mathews
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · February 16, 1986 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- F23 · Ranger Muni, runway 17, 2,050 × 75 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,450 total · 1,400 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 81 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.