- Date
- June 10, 1984, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Jean, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3184Breezy RLU-1A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840610023309A
- Case key
- 39930
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft departed on rwy 20 and turned crosswind at an alt of 200 ft AGL. The plt stated that after turning downwind for a non-standard traffic pattern at an airspeed of 60 to 65 mph the acft began to lose altitude. The acft continued the descent even though he applied back press to try and climb. The acft contacted the ground in a slight nose high attitude. The plt reported the winds were from 270 degrees at 20 KTS gusting to 25 KTS at the time of the accident. He believed that the acft encountered wind shear & was unable to maintain altitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3184
- Reported as
- Breezy RLU-1A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 163
- Airframe hours
- 400
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Experimental Aircraft Ass.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 28, 1983
- Departed
- OL7
- Destination
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Airport
- OL7 · Jean, runway 20, 4,500 × 200 ft, gravel
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,880 total · 16 in this make and model · 1,640 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3184 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.