# NTSB NYC84LA154: Bryan RS-15, N24876, Colts Neck, NJ, April 28, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 28, 1984, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Colts Neck, NJ
- Location: 40.2876° N, 74.1724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colts Neck, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2876&lon=-74.1724&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35546
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA154
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35546/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA154

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - base turn
  - planned approach - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

DURING ARRIVAL TO LAND, THE PLT CIRCLED OVER THE ARPT WHILE GLIDERS WERE BEING REMOVED FROM THE ACTIVE RWY. HE THEN MADE A TIGHT DOWNWIND LEG & STARTED A 180 DEG APCH FROM 200 FT AT 55 KTS. HE STATED THAT THE 'ROLL RATE (TO THE LEFT) WAS RAPID AND BY THE TIME I HAD IT STOPPED BANK ANGLE WAS APPROX 60 DEG ...'. THE GLIDER THEN STALLED & COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND, LEFT WING FIRST.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N24876 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BRYAN RS-15
- Category: Glider, amateur-built
- Engines: unknown
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Angus Mc Kinnon
- Registered owner: Eugene L. Krasnoff
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, August 10, 1983, 30 hours before
- Departed: N61, COLTS NECK, NJ
- Airport: N61, Colts Neck, runway 7, 2,569 × 125 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,121 total, 142 in this make and model, 1,091 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 131 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 4 knots, gusting 4
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840428014629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840428014629A), Apr 28, 1984: Amtr RS15, Colts Neck, NJ, Destroyed. Stalled out of a steep 180 turn from downwind to final for landing. Impact on the left wing destroyed the glider.

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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