- Date
- July 7, 1987, 17:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Burnet, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3790AWayne Hooks Cassutt III-M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870707032669A
- Case key
- 22211
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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
On July 7,1987, a cassutt 111M, N3790A, impacted the runway at kate craddock field (T-27) Burnet Texas. The pilot was conducting the initial test flight of the home built aircraft when the canopy came open. The pilot attempted to land the aircraft while holding the canopy closed. Due to an apparent lack of airflow over the tail of the aircraft the aircraft was unable to flare for touchdown. The aircraft impacted the runway causing minor damage to the aircraft. However, the pilot suffered serious injury.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3790A
- Reported as
- Wayne Hooks Cassutt III-M (CASSUTT II)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 200
- Airframe hours
- 126
- Engine
- Continental 0200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Reed, Norman
- Registered owner
- Norman M Reed
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 11, 1987 · 19 hours before
- Airport
- T27 · Kate Craddock Fld., runway 19, 4,200 × 75 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
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 22,739 total · 24 in this make and model · 16,500 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 15 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °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.