- Date
- July 11, 1987, 17:45 local (Jul 12, 1987, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Winter, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N102Budde Cassutt CB-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870711045239A
- Case key
- 25345
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A homebuilt cassutt racer crashed during initial takeoff climb after a loss of power. The pilot assembled the experimental racing airplane in preparation for a flight to an air race and had completed a series of starts and run-ups. 'Everything checked normal' and the pilot took off. The engine popped twice and quit at approximately 50-75 feet AGL. The airplane impacted hilly terrain in a right bank nose down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N102
- Reported as
- Budde Cassutt CB-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Raymond Bailey Sherwood
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 11, 1986
- Destination
- 2Q3 · Yolo County, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 12 in this make and model · 8,000 as pilot in command · 237 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 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.