- Date
- May 14, 1991, 10:28 local (14:28 UTC)
- Place
- Venice, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N420DCCorley Hubert KR-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910514015699A
- Case key
- 32870
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of flight controls.
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
Pilot stated left wing dipped during liftoff and dragged on the runway. The aircraft then cartwheeled, went inverted, and skidded to a stop. Pilot stated he had no mechanical failures with the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N420DC
- Reported as
- Corley Hubert KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 401
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- Volkswagen 1700CC, 60 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hubert Corley
- Registered owner
- Hubert Corley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- VNC · Venice Municipal, runway 22, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 75
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 350 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SRQ, 20 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.