- Date
- August 27, 1988, 14:38 local (18:38 UTC)
- Place
- Honeoye Falls, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N222AGGarlick/Guppy SNS-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880827035369A
- Case key
- 30753
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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 homebuilt airplane was being operated on the first test flight after its completion. During takeoff, the airplane climbed about 100 ft AGL, then crashed in an open field adjacent to the airport. No preimpact part failure/malfunction of the airplane was found during the investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N222AG
- Reported as
- Garlick/Guppy SNS-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 196-A
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- Rotax 447FC, 40 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alvin H. Garlick
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · August 23, 1988 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- D70 · Honeoye Falls, NY
- Airport
- D70 · Honeoye Falls, runway 19, 1,695 × 90 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
- 350 total · 335 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ROC, 15 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.