- Date
- June 12, 1988, 07:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tracy, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4642SKerlin Avid Flyer
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880612069879I
- Case key
- 25761
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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 a local high speed taxi test, the airplane became airborne. Shortly after takeoff the engine quit. The airplane was landed straight ahead in an open field. During the landing roll, the airplane nosed over. The pilot did not report any mechanical failures or malfunctions of the engine. The plt did not file an acc report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4642S
- Reported as
- Kerlin Avid Flyer
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 40
- Airframe hours
- 12
- Engine
- Cuyuna 430-RR, 43 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kerlin, Gilbert D.
- Registered owner
- Gilbert D Kerlin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- 1Q4 · Tracy, CA
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 880 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SCK, 16 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.