- Date
- August 11, 1986, 19:45 local (Aug 12, 1986, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Dixon, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5575YTeratorn Tierra 2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860811038609A
- Case key
- 34231
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The experimental acft was loaded near max gross wt on takeoff from the pvt sod airatrip. The plt stated the acft performed sluggishly during the climbout from the field. The plt stated that on the climbout that he was overflying a corn field bordering the strip when the acft descended toward the corn despite full pwr from the eng. The plt stated he intentionally stalled the acft just above the corn and impacted the ground beneath the corn where it sustained substantial damage. The plt stated he felt that the air was less dense as he overflew the corn and this robbed the eng of pwr and the wings of some lift. The density altitude measurement was slightly above that of field elevation of 750 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5575Y
- Reported as
- Teratorn Tierra 2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 3440199
- Airframe hours
- 68
- Engine
- Rotax 503, 53 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 103
- Registered owner
- John E. Wiese
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 23, 1986 · 13 hours before
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 328 total · 14 in this make and model · 185 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CID, 48 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.