- Date
- March 15, 1985, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Truckee, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5823XEngel Engel AIR
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850315007659A
- Case key
- 24677
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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 - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Running takeoff - attemptedFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledFactor
Analysis
Plt built this acft and this was the 4th test flight. Plt was lined up on rwy 28 for takeoff. Upon rolling lift off plt lost directional control and ran into a tall snow bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5823X
- Reported as
- Engel Engel AIR
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- HL-2
- Airframe hours
- 5
- Engine
- Continental A-75-8, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard A. Engel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- PRK
- Airport
- TRK · Truckee-Tahoe, runway 28, 6,400 × 100 ft, asphalt
N5823XRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2011 · Engel Richard Alan KR-1 SPECIALAirframe modelEngel Richard Alan KR-1 SPECIAL
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 276 total · 4 in this make and model · 276 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °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.