- Date
- September 14, 1984, 10:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Hollister, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N638Focke-Wulf 44J Stieglitz
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840914049039A
- Case key
- 24400
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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
The two commercial rated pilots were flying together for the purpose of gaining proficiency so that one of the plt's could pass his bfr. The one plt who was not current performed tree takeoffs and landings from the front seat. The plts then switched seats and three more takeoffs and landings were performed. On the last landing the rear seat plt applied the brakes excessively and the acft gnd looped. The acft is equipped with dual flt controls but only one set of brakes, located in the rear seat position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N638
- Reported as
- Focke-Wulf 44J Stieglitz (44J STIEGL)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 638
- Airframe hours
- 1,000
- Engine
- Siemens Halsk SH14A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- W. Mikel,M. Groves,F. Carter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 13, 1984 · 1 hours before
- Airport
- 307 · Hollister Municipal, runway 23, 4,350 × 100 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,730 total · 11 in this make and model · 3,593 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.