- Date
- June 16, 1990, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- St. Charles, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N21EVEugene M. Veras Polliwagon 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 35001
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Probable cause
The flight control system-stick was loose resulting in an stall.
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 commercial plt, making his homebuilt acft's first flight, said that immediately after takeoff, he experienced pitch problems. He made three circuits of the airport attempting to stabilize the acft, then attempted to land. After touching down on all three wheels, the acft pitched up, to about 8 feet AGL, then stalled and collided with the terrain. Post accident investigation revealed excessive, loose play in the control mixer and the possibility of an improperly located stabilizer hinge assembly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21EV
- Reported as
- Eugene M. Veras Polliwagon 150 (POLLIWAGON)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1085
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Veras, Eugene M.
- Registered owner
- Veras, Eugene M
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- 3SZ · St. Charles Co, runway 18, 3,800 × 75 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
- 69
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 563 total · 1 in this make and model · 485 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F