- Date
- May 23, 1988, 20:30 local (May 24, 1988, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marshalltown, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4256BMccurry Taylor Monoplane
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880523023279A
- Case key
- 34574
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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 stated that he had intentionally shut down the engine-- so as to attempt a power off 'deadstick' landing. As he was descending, the pilot changed his plans and decided to restart the engine--but the engine would not start. While attempting the re-start, the winds aloft carried the airplane away from the airport. The pilot did not compensate for the winds and crash landed in a ditch, just short of the airport. A post-crash inspection of the engine revealed no pre-existing mechancial discrepancies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4256B
- Reported as
- Mccurry Taylor Monoplane (TAYLOR MON)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- DPM-1
- Airframe hours
- 356
- Engine
- Volkswagen HAPI-VW, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mccurry, Daivd P.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 6, 1988
- Airport
- MIW · Marshalltown Municipal, runway 36, 2,800 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 461 total · 282 in this make and model · 416 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 40° at 16 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALO, 36 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.