- Date
- April 27, 1986, 07:20 local (11:20 UTC)
- Place
- Ft.Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3789XRockwell 100
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860427013959A
- Case key
- 31615
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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
The acft was stolen by a 17 year old non-pilot rated male. While taxiing on a taxiway the acft was reported to be fish tailing before it ran off the taxiway and became airborne. When the acft touched down it bounced aprx 10 ft into the air and performed a wing over. The acft then crashed nose first into the taxiway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3789X
- Reported as
- Rockwell 100
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 285
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Donald H. Windeler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1985
- Airport
- FXE · Ft. Lauderdale Executive
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
- 17
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FXE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.