J A Mullan DRAGONFLY N21SH

Summary

On 26 October 1982 at about 23:30 local time, a J A Mullan DRAGONFLY registered N21SH, operated by J.a. Mullan, was involved in an accident near Erie, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 October 1982 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Erie, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Tri-County (48V)

Coordinates

40.0203, -105.0393

Aircraft

J A Mullan DRAGONFLY

Registration

N21SH

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

J.a. Mullan

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Erie → Erie

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN83FTE01

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT WAS ON A FLIGHT TO ACCUMULATE FLIGHT TIME ON A HOME BUILT AIRCRAFT. A MAYDAY CALL WAS RECEIVED ON THE UNICOM. SEVERAL WITNESSES INDICATED THAT THE PILOT WAS TRYING TO LAND ON THE RUNWAY WHEN THE PLANE ENTERED A LEFT BANK. AND SUDDENLY CRASHED. SEVERAL WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE PLANE STALLED AND/OR SPUN INTO THE GROUND. NONE OF THE WITNESSES REPORTED HEARING THE ENGINE. SHORTLY AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED, IT BEGAN BURING AND MOST OF IT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. AN EXAMINATION OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE NOT DESTROYED REVEALED NO PREIMPACT FAILURES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.