- Date
- June 15, 1985, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Upper Lake, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N80GLOtis G. Lyons Marquart Charger MA5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850615025639A
- Case key
- 24745
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt elected to take off in his taildragger on rwy 19 which is 4050 ft long & 200 ft wide during a period when the wind was estimated at 270 deg, 20 KTS, with gusts to 25 KTS. The plt stated that at rotation full rt rudder was applied, but his homebuilt, biplane continued to drift lt. the acft drifted off the rwy, collided with brush & 'cartwheeled to a stop with a broken left lower wing.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80GL
- Reported as
- Otis G. Lyons Marquart Charger MA5 (MARQUART C)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- OGL-0125
- Airframe hours
- 105
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert P. Kantner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 22, 1984 · 78 hours before
- Departed
- 1Q5 · Upper Lake, CA
- Destination
- OQ9 · Sonoma, CA
- Airport
- 1Q5 · Graveley Valley, runway 19, 4,050 × 200 ft, gravel
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 124 total · 46 in this make and model · 57 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.