- Date
- September 24, 1988, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Georgetown, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N187TBingelis T-40
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880924040079A
- Case key
- 22518
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Probable cause
The pilot's inability to maintain control of an aircraft that he had never flown before, as well as, his inability to apply remedial action as required for the flight regime.
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 70 yr old plt was taking off from a turf rwy on his first flt in the home built acft. Immediately after lift-off, the acft went out of control & impacted terrain next to the rwy. The wooden acft was extensively damaged by impact. No preimpact mechanical failure of the acft, eng or control systems was found. Witnesses rprtd the acft lifted off before it was ready to fly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N187T
- Reported as
- Bingelis T-40
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 145
- Airframe hours
- 351
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Henry C. Martin
- Registered owner
- Frank W. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 1, 1987 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- 77T
- Destination
- TIT
- Airport
- 77T · Kittie Hill, runway 25, 3,250 × 50 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
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,801 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.