- Date
- March 4, 1984, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Milton, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N90534Gardner Steen SKY Bont
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840304006189A
- Case key
- 31089
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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
This was the initial test flt of the homebuilt acft. During takeoff the eng quit. The right landing gear caught on a guy wire during the emergency landing & the acft flipped. The plt/builder, who is a certified mechanic, attributed the power loss to a temporary fuel flow interruption.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90534
- Reported as
- Gardner Steen SKY Bont (STEEN SKY)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 61319
- Engine
- Lycoming 180 BIE, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- J.L. Gardner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · February 24, 1984 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- 2R4 · Milton, FL
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 2,515 total · 45 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PNS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.