- Date
- May 20, 1987, 13:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Bellingham, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N28LMMeyer 77-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870520079499A
- Case key
- 40628
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A gusting 90 degree crosswind was present during the takeoff. A gust raised the aircrafts left wing and the pilot over-corrected with left aileron and left rudder. The aircraft then stalled, impacting the runway in a left wing down, nose low attitude. This was the pilot's second flight in this experimental aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28LM
- Reported as
- Meyer 77-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 78-3
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Laverne Tegland
- Registered owner
- Laverne Tegland
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- BLI · Bellingham, WA
- Destination
- WA13 · Concrete, WA
- Airport
- BLI · Bellingham Int'L., runway 34, 5,000 × 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 550 total · 1 in this make and model · 430 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.