- Date
- September 24, 1988, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ardmore, OK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5337MNord 1101
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880924040189A
- Case key
- 22463
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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
Immediately after liftoff, the airplane abruptly turned left, nosed down, and struck the ground. Examination of the electrical pitch control of the propeller revealed the propeller blades to be in the high pitch, low RPM position. Due to extreme damage of the system, it could not be determined why the propeller pitch had changed on takeoff. Neither the plt nor pax could remember the acc. Witnesses stated that the prop noise changed after takeoff and the acft gained very little alt prior to the left turn.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5337M
- Reported as
- Nord 1101
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 167
- Airframe hours
- 1,686
- Engine
- Renault 6-10A, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles D. Venters
- Registered owner
- David M Boyd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 4, 1988 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- IFO · Ardmore, OK
- Airport
- 1FO · Ardmore Downtown, runway 35, 5,000 × 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
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,000 total · 2 in this make and model · 9,000 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.