Hendrickson POLLIWAGON N48876

Summary

On 24 July 1987 at about 12:20 local time, a Hendrickson POLLIWAGON registered N48876 was involved in an accident near Ely, Minnesota, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 July 1987 at 12:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Ely, Minnesota, United States

Coordinates

47.9000, -91.8498

Aircraft

Hendrickson POLLIWAGON

Registration

N48876

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ely → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI87DER11

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

WHILE ON DOWNWIND TO THE AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LEVEL FLIGHT AND IMPACTED IN A WOODED AREA IN AN APPROXIMATE 80 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PLT WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THIS WAS AN EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT AND WAS ON ITS INITIAL FLIGHT AFTER SOME MODIFICATIONS. ON JUNE 1, 1986, THE AIRCRAFT WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT WHICH WAS REPORTEDLY A RESULT OF OVERCONTROL. SINCE THAT TIME THE ELEVATOR AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER HAD BEEN LOWERED TO A POSITION NEAR THE TOP OF THE FUSELAGE. THIS ALTERATION HAD NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE MINNEAPOLIS MIDO.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.