- Date
- July 27, 1984, 12:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place
- Clarinda, IA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4229GSims - Basset Varieze
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840727035539A
- Case key
- 33543
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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
Witnesses observed a ground run of aprx 2000 ft before lift-off was achieved after which the acft appeared to climb laboriously to about 100 ft AGL. Acft then executed steep, descending rt turn of about 240 degrees back toward the arpt. Acft collided with pwr line about 25 ft AGL then continued aprx 100 ft into a cinder block structure. Acft disintegrated on impact with structure. Wt and balance calculations show acft 200 lbs over max gross wieght. Eng teardown disclosed low compression on all cyls, oil filter contained metal particles, excessive wear on rear camshaft bearing observed and evidence of crankshaft oil seal spinning in crankcase. No. 1 and no. 3 top spark plugs were lead fouled and would not fire during testing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4229G
- Reported as
- Sims - Basset Varieze
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 425
- Airframe hours
- 214
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronald M. Sims
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 26, 1983
- Destination
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
- Airport
- ICL · Schenck Field, runway 1, 4,000 × 75 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.