- Date
- April 15, 1983, 12:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place
- Kechi, KS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1019WBreezy 01
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830415014199A
- Case key
- 33325
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Analysis
The home built acft had been in storage with the wings removed. The wings had been recently re-installed by the owner and this was the first flight after the re-installation. During a takeoff from an open field, witnesses observed the aircraft lift-off, climb to about 50 to 100 ft AGL, then bank abruptly to the right, descend and crash in a steep right bank. An exam of the wreckage revealed that the aileron cables were connected in reverse, so that when the control wheel was turned to the right, the ailerons would deflect for a left bank and vice versa.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1019W
- Reported as
- Breezy 01
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- DW-1
- Airframe hours
- 85
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Steve L. Phinney
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 31, 1981 · 57 hours before
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 331 total · 11 in this make and model · 272 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ICT, 8 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.