- Date
- September 21, 1991, 12:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Brooksville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N133Hoffmeyer Moni Standard
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910921042009A
- Case key
- 32929
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Probable cause
Incapacitation of the pilot in command and inadvertent stall mush.
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 plt passed out momentarily after applying the throttle to takeoff. The motor glider became airborne, stalled, and impacted the ground lt wing low. The plt stated that he was awakened due to airframe buffeting just prior to stalling.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N133
- Reported as
- Hoffmeyer Moni Standard (MONI STAND)
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 00133
- Engine
- KFM M2875, 25 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hoffmeyer, Robert E.
- Registered owner
- Hoffmeyer, Robert E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
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
- 72
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Flight hours
- 500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TPA, 30 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.