- Date
- August 8, 1987, 09:20 local (14:20 UTC)
- Place
- Baytown, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N356AAArnold VP-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870808043159A
- Case key
- 22193
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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 newly constructed homebuilt acft experienced an eng failure during it's first takeoff. During the ensuing forced landing the acft collided with trees, substantially damaging both wings. The cause of the engine failure was not determined during the investigation. The acft wreckage was disposed of before an eng teardown could be accomplished.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N356AA
- Reported as
- Arnold VP-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- AWA 001
- Engine
- Hapi 1-835, 70 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alan W. Arnold
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 8, 1987
- Airport
- HPY · Baytown, runway 13, 4,000 × 40 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 125 total · 45 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.