- Date
- March 3, 1986, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Gold Hill, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N35PHPatrick Henry Fokker DR. 1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860303005209A
- Case key
- 40365
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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.
Nose over
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
Plt attempted spur of the moment landing in open field. Acft wheels sank into soft terrain after touchdown and acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35PH
- Reported as
- Patrick Henry Fokker DR. 1 (FOKKER DR.)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1981-A
- Airframe hours
- 136
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Patrick C. Henry
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 27, 1985
- Departed
- 3S8 · Grants Pass, OR
N35PHRegistered now · Henry Patrick FOKKER DR.1Airframe modelHenry Patrick FOKKER DR.1Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 481 total · 136 in this make and model · 446 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Observed at
- MFR, 7 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.