- Date
- June 28, 1985, 07:35 local (13:35 UTC)
- Place
- Burley, ID
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N935ABBorreson Dragon FLY
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850628028719A
- Case key
- 40189
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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 aircraft crashed due to loss of control during takeoff. The plt reported that during takeoff climb, the nose of the acft pitched down despite the application of aft elevator pressure. The acft contacted the rwy and bounced. The plt then reduced pwr and the acft once again contacted the rwy nose first before coming to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N935AB
- Reported as
- Borreson Dragon FLY
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 8
- Engine
- Volkswagen UNKNOWN, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Arnold Borreson
- Registered owner
- Arnold Borreson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- BYI · Burley, ID
- Airport
- BYI · Burley
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 379 total · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BYI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.