- Date
- June 8, 1990, 15:12 local (20:12 UTC)
- Place
- Muskogee, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N902DMDe Havilland Venom 112 MK4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900608019389A
- Case key
- 22957
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Probable cause
The pilot's premature rotation and the subsequent stall. A factor was the pilot's lack of experience in the airplane.
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
Witnesses reported that there was a total of three attempted takeoffs. The first two were aborted after rolling 1/3 and 1/2 way down the runway respectively. During both events the airplane rotated but the main gear remained on the runway. The third takeoff attempt resulted in rotation 2,500 to 2,800 feet down the runway and over rotation. Witnesses reported that the airplane became airborne and the left wing dipped, followed by right wing contact and loss of control. About 20 minutes after impact, fire caused the ejection seat to fire, with the pilot still strapped in. An experienced pilot in this type airplane stated that rotation at this gross weight should have occurred after about 4,000 feet of roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N902DM
- Reported as
- De Havilland Venom 112 MK4 (VENOM 112)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57163
- Engine
- de Havilland 48 MK1, turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Earnest J. Saviano
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1989
- Departed
- MKO
- Destination
- C85 · Baraboo, WI
- Airport
- MKO · Muskogee, runway 13, 7,200 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 30,000 total · 1 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.