Cassutt 3-M N2309E

Summary

On 10 September 1983 at about 18:45 local time, a Cassutt 3-M registered N2309E was involved in an accident near Mesa, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

10 September 1983 at 18:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Mesa, Arizona, United States

Coordinates

33.4395, -111.8507

Aircraft

Cassutt 3-M

Registration

N2309E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mesa → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83FA435

1 person died.

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 ACFT COLLIDED WITH A STREET LAMP WHILE PULLING UP FROM A LOW PASS OVER A DRY RIVER BED. THIS EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT ACFT WAS OPERATING OUTSIDE THE PRESCRIBED BOUNDARIES FOR THIS ACFT. WITNESSES DISAGREED ON THE ENGINE SOUNDS. SOMEDESCRIBED THE ENGINE AS LOUD AND STRONG. OTHERS SAID IT WAS SPUTTERING AND MISSING. ALL AGREED THAT THE ACFT FLEW LOW (ABOUT 50-75 FT AGL) OVER THE RIVERBED. AFTER THE ACCIDENT BOTH FUEL TANK INDICATORS READ EMPTY. THE MAIN FUEL TANK WAS PUNCTURED. THE AUX TANK CONTAINED ABOUT 1/8 GALLON OF FUEL. NO FUELING INFORMATION COULD BE OBTAINED. THE FUELING FACILITY AT FALCON FIELD HAD NO RECORD OF ANY PURCHASE BY THE PLT. THE PROPELLER WAS METAL AND PRESENTED EXTREME TWISTING WITH MULTIPLE UNDIFFERENTIATED GOUGES AND SCRATCHES BOTH BLADES WERE BENT FOWARD AND THE TOP OF ONE BLADE WAS MISSING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.