- Date
- November 6, 1987, 09:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- New Braunfels, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5303HHerman Dragonfly
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871106062379A
- Case key
- 22508
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Lift-off - prematureFactor
Airspeed(vs) - not obtainedCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The experimental, home built, aircraft was on its maiden fliht. The pilot stated he intended to fly the pattern for a check-out of the aircraft. The pilot indicated that he hoped to gain altitude early to permit returning to the field in case of an engine failure but instead stalled the aircraft on takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5303H
- Reported as
- Herman Dragonfly
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 086
- Airframe hours
- 2
- Engine
- Volkswagen 1800, 60 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Marcellus H. Herman
- Registered owner
- Marcellus H Herman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · June 24, 1987 · 1 hours before
- Airport
- 3R5 · New Braunfels, runway 4, 5,000 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 71
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 342 total · 1 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °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.