- Date
- September 21, 1985, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lebanon, MO
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3826Lon J. Mcknight Flybaby 1A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850921067709A
- Case key
- 34038
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Analysis
After washing his aircraft the plt dptd the airport for a LCL flight. The flight lasted for approx. 30 min. When the plt stated the end began running rough. A precautionary landing was made to the airport. The acft stalled impacting the ground short of the rwy. The acft impacted the ground at an approximate 40 degree angle. Insp of the acft engine did not reveal any mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3826
- Reported as
- Lon J. Mcknight Flybaby 1A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 66-66
- Airframe hours
- 327
- Engine
- Continental A75, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lon J. Mcknight
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 6, 1985
- Departed
- LBO · Lebanon, MO
- Airport
- LBO · Lebanon
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
- 80
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 526 total · 526 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 9 knots, gusting 9
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGF, 42 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.