- Date
- September 26, 1984, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Burns, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N197RLGlasair None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840926053469A
- Case key
- 40014
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Analysis
During the takeoff ground run the aircraft drifted to right side of the rwy. Plt attempted to correct the drift using left rudder and he stated that he over corrected for the drift and the acft began to veer to the left. The acft veered left and departed the side of the runway colliding with bushes before nosing down.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N197RL
- Reported as
- Glasair None
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 197
- Airframe hours
- 140
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-E2D, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ron Leblanc
- Registered owner
- Ronald L. Leblanc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1984
- Departed
- BNO · Burns, OR
- Destination
- SFF · Spokane, WA
- Airport
- BNO · Burns Municipal, runway 29, 5,100 × 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 207 total · 144 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
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 N197RL · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.