- Date
- January 10, 1985, 15:44 local (23:44 UTC)
- Place
- Van Nuys, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5111VSmith Miniplane DSA-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850110000519A
- Case key
- 24629
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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
This was the initial test flt after installation of rebuilt wings. On the takeoff roll, the acft began drifting to the right & the plt corrected with left aileron. He stated that the acft 'whipped violently further to right, caught a wing tip & ground looped.' An exam disclosed that the aileron bellcrank was improperly installed causing the ailerons to respond in reverse.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5111V
- Reported as
- Smith Miniplane DSA-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2
- Airframe hours
- 600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aron S. Rapporport
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 10, 1984 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- VYN
- Airport
- VNY · Van Nuys, runway 16R, 8,000 × 150 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,520 total · 300 in this make and model · 3,350 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VNY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.