- Date
- May 19, 1986, 17:29 local (22:29 UTC)
- Place
- Bolivar, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N118CCCollin Campbell Zippy Sport
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860519037609A
- Case key
- 34180
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While performing a high speed taxi run on a turf rwy the plt stated the acft hit a bump in the rwy where a drainage pipe runs beneath the surface and inadvertently became airborne. The plt did not reduce throttle to abort the takeoff and the acft stalled after the plt made a turn to the east. The acft impacted the ground short of group of trees. The acft was a recently contructed experimental and had not been certificated for flt. The plt stated he could not remember if he had closed the throttle or if the eng failed just prior to ground impact. Exam of the eng did not reveal any discrepancy. The new wooden propeller was completely destroyed during the impact. The purpose of the taxi tests was to determine the performance of the acft with various propellers installed on the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N118CC
- Reported as
- Collin Campbell Zippy Sport (ZIPPY SPOR)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 038
- Engine
- Volkswagen GLOBAL 7892, 40 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Collin Campbell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- H29 · Bolivar, runway 1, 2,485 × 255 ft, grass/turf
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 250 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,700 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGF, 18 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.