- Date
- August 23, 1986, 19:09 local (Aug 24, 1986, 02:09 UTC)
- Place
- Porterville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9023BI.C.A. Brasov IS-28M2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860823086719A
- Case key
- 24966
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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
During initial climb, shortly after takeoff, the pilot heard a loud whir then a boom sound. The aircraft started vibrating so the pilot shut down the engine. Having gained 200 to 300 feet of alt the pilot initiated a left 180 deg turn to attempt a forced landing on the runway. The pilot rolled the acft wings level and was four to six feet AGL when the aircraft stalled and collided with the runway. The investigation revealed one of the three wooded propeller blades had separated from the hub for undetermined reasons.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9023B
- Reported as
- I.C.A. Brasov IS-28M2
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 22
- Airframe hours
- 177
- Engine
- Limbach SL1700EI, 68 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James M. Meade
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 6, 1985 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- PTV · Porterville, CA
- Airport
- PTV · Porterville, runway 30, 6,000 × 146 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
- 67
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 80 in this make and model · 9,800 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.