- Date
- August 28, 1984, 16:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- Oneonta, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2BRussell ST. Arnold RLU-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840828044379A
- Case key
- 35377
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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 acft was observed making taxi runs up & down rwy 13. On the last run the acft became airborne, climbed to aprx 75 ft, made a steep left bank & impacted the ground. The plt stated he has no recollection of making the takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2B
- Reported as
- Russell ST. Arnold RLU-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- SA-1
- Airframe hours
- 753
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peter L. Hollis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · August 23, 1982 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- 41N · Oneonta, NY
- Airport
- 41N · F & F Airpark, runway 13, 3,340 × 125 ft, grass/turf
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
- 66
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 506 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.