- Date
- August 6, 1988, 19:17 local (Aug 7, 1988, 00:17 UTC)
- Place
- Prairie City, IA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N823PFPrairie Flyers Tierra II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880806031039A
- Case key
- 34455
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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.
Analysis
The pilot was attempting to land in a hayfield and decided to abort the landing due to rough condition of field. As he pushed the throttle forward, the engine faltered and the plane touched down. The aborted landing was continued due to speed and obstructions. As he cleared power lines, the plane began a steep uncontrolled descending right turn and hit the ground. The engine was running at full power at the time of the stall after the short hesitation in power at the beginning of the abort, according to the pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N823PF
- Reported as
- Prairie Flyers Tierra II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 823-804
- Airframe hours
- 98
- Engine
- Rotax 532, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Galen Lee Heyveld
- Registered owner
- Hayveld, Galen L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1987 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- OXV · Knoxville, IA
- Airport
- Farm Field
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 74 total · 21 in this make and model · 74 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.