# NTSB NYC84FFJ05: Homebuilt DER Jager DIX, N4JE, Albion, NY, September 13, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: September 12, 1984, 19:00 local (Sep 13, 1984, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Albion, NY
- Coordinates: 43.240756, -78.179077 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2408&lon=-78.1791&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35382
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84FFJ05
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35382/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FFJ05

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - aircraft handling - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF HE DID NORMAL FLT MANEUVERS, SLOW FLT, STALLS & WING OVERS IN THE HOMEBUILT ACFT. HE THEN DECIDED TO DO A BARREL ROLL, WHICH HE DESCRIBED AS SMOOTH UNTIL COMPLETION WHEN THE ACFT WANTED TO CONTINUE IN THE ROLL & THE NOSE BEGAN TO OSILATE. HE STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL & COULD NOT BRING THE NOSE UP. THE ACFT DESCENDED INTO TREES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4JE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HOMEBUILT DER JAGER DIX (DER JAGER)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 004
- Airframe hours: 107
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: Robert Nesbitt
- Registered owner: Jean Depatie
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Unknown, August 4, 1984, 7 hours before
- Departed: BARRE, NY
- Airport: 9G6, Pine Hill

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 8,000 total, 3 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840912056829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840912056829A), Sep 12, 1984: Amtr D9, Albion, NY, Destroyed. Unable to recover from a roll due to homebuilts instability and the low altitude. Struck trees.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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