- Date
- July 30, 1986, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Friedens, PA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N86ABBomberger Vans RV-4
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860730036649A
- Case key
- 30211
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Due to a low ceiling and poor visibility, the plt decided to make a precautionary landing at somerset arpt. Unable to locate the arpt, a landing was being made to a field when the acft stalled into trees during the approach.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86AB
- Reported as
- Bomberger Vans RV-4
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 906
- Airframe hours
- 35
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arthur L. Bomberger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 14, 1986 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- Schaefferstown, PA
- Destination
- Oshkosh, WI
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 70 total · 36 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 13 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JST, 19 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.