- Date
- May 5, 1993, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Trinity Center, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N15TPT.R. Bristol RV-6
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930505012289A
- Case key
- 27967
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Probable cause
The pilot failure to obtain enough airspeed for takeoff which resulted in a loss of aircraft control, and his failure to compensate for the crosswind conditions.
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
The pilot told a FAA safety inspector that he lifted off the ground too soon, caught a gust of wind, drifted off the side of the runway and hit some brush while still airborne. The pilot estimated the winds at 4-8 KTS. The pilot's wife said that there was a gust of wind, and shortly after takeoff, her husband could not control the direction of the airplane. The pilot told the FAA that there was no mechanical malfunction, just his technique.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15TP
- Reported as
- T.R. Bristol RV-6
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 20141
- Airframe hours
- 62
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas Reed Bristol
- Registered owner
- Thomas Reed Bristol
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 28, 1993 · 2 hours before
- Destination
- 3S8 · Grants Pass, OR
- Airport
- O86 · Trinity Center, runway 14, 3,200 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 451 total · 80 in this make and model · 451 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDD, 38 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.