- Date
- December 29, 1986, 11:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place
- Stratford, CT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1901GKosch Whitehead #21
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861229069609A
- Case key
- 30459
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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 experimental aircraft was making taxi tests on an abandoned taxiway when it became airborne. A photographer rushed out from a marked safety area directly in the flight path of the aircraft and was struck by the aircraft receiving a broken arm. The aircraft received minor damage, landing safely with the pilot not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1901G
- Reported as
- Kosch Whitehead #21 (WHITEHEAD)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 21
- Engine
- Chotia 09, 28 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Andrew J. Kosch
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · December 4, 1986 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- BDR · Sikorsky Memorial Airport, runway 16, 4,683 × 150 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 50 total · 23 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.