- Date
- June 23, 1988, 21:08 local (Jun 24, 1988, 04:08 UTC)
- Place
- Kent, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N488JLTeratron Tierra 2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880623042109A
- Case key
- 40835
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Light condition - duskFactor
Visual lookout - not maintainedCause
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Analysis
Plt was intentionally taxiing on grass between paved runway and taxiway for better tailwheel control. The acft struck an unseen obstruction in dusk conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N488JL
- Reported as
- Teratron Tierra 2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 3488517
- Airframe hours
- 69
- Engine
- Rotax 532, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael J. Demarco
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 18, 1988 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- S88 · Arlington, WA
- Destination
- S36 · Kent, WA
- Airport
- S36 · Crest Airpark, runway 33, 3,267 × 40 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 315 total · 10 in this make and model · 300 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 30° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFI, 13 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.