- Date
- March 21, 1986, 16:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Scott City, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N32JEJim Elliott VP-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860321007579A
- Case key
- 34148
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was making his first flt in the acft which is powered by a volkswagon, 1,834 cc eng. The acft became airborne from a hard surface rwy and climbed to about 100 ft AGL. The plt said the controls felt mushy and when he attempted to climb the airspeed decreased. He attempted to return to the arpt but became concerned that the acft would stall so he landed in a wheatfield. The fld was soft and the r MLG broke. Eng RPM during the flt was in the green, about 3,100, as it should have been. The previous owner said that 5 inches of the propeller had been cut off in order to increase engine RPM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32JE
- Reported as
- Jim Elliott VP-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 001
- Airframe hours
- 50
- Engine
- Volkswagen 1,834 CC, 37 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John P. Murphy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 20, 1985
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 88 total · 52 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.