- Date
- August 10, 1986, 19:55 local (Aug 11, 1986, 00:55 UTC)
- Place
- Valley Center, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N3064David Gordon Whitman Tailwind
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860810038189A
- Case key
- 34230
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Proper assistance - not obtainedCause
Aircraft unattended/engine(s) running - inadvertentCause
Starting procedure - improperCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - building(nonresidential)Factor
Analysis
The acft rolled forward unrestrained after the PIC had started the eng. The acft was not moored before the PIC attempted the hand start. The acft rolled a short distance where it impacted the edge of a building and sustained substantial damage. Multiple attempts to question the PIC and obtain factual information from him after the accident proved unsuccessful.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3064
- Reported as
- David Gordon Whitman Tailwind (WHITMAN TA)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Leroy A. Witt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 57 °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.