- Date
- June 21, 1986, 14:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Kent, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N76VRMellema Bede 4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860621057889A
- Case key
- 40425
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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 engine ceased operating 10 feet a.g.l. during takeoff while on a biennial flight review. A landing straight ahead was made onto the runway, but in order to avoid an overrun an intentional ground loop was made. On engine examination a large bug was found impacted in the newly installed fuel meter which the pilot had installed just prior to this flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76VR
- Reported as
- Mellema Bede 4
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 386
- Airframe hours
- 500
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Roger D. Mellema
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 21, 1986
- Airport
- S36 · Crest Airpark, runway 33, 3,267 × 40 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 1,110 in this make and model · 1,005 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- 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 N76VR · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.