Robinson AVID FLYER N228MC

Summary

On 21 July 1987 at about 23:00 local time, a Robinson AVID FLYER registered N228MC was involved in an accident near Tomah, Wisconsin, 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

21 July 1987 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Tomah, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Bloyer Field (Y72)

Coordinates

43.9796, -90.5001

Aircraft

Robinson AVID FLYER

Registration

N228MC

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI87DEP10

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 HOMEBUILT, HIWING ACFT HAD JUST BEEN ASSEMBLED BY THE OWNER/PLT & WAS READIED FOR ITS 1ST FLT. AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RWY 25, THE ACFT ENTERED A CLIMB, TURNED BACK OVER THE ARPT & CROSSED OVER THE RWY. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT WAS MANEUVEREDABOUT 500 TO 800 FT SOUTH OF THE RWY, IN THE VICINITY OF A LEFT BASE TURN TO RWY 25. WHILE IN A LEFT TURN, THE BANK ANGLE INCREASED TO ABOUT 60 DEG & THE ACFT DESCENDED TO THE GROUND & CRASHED. IT STRUCK THE GROUND 486 FT SHORT OF RWY 25 ON A HDG OF 270 DEG. THE PLT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED & COULD NOT REMEMBER DETAILS OF THE ACDNT. HE STATED HE COULD NOT GET FULL POWER FROM THE ENG. HOWEVER, NO SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WERE FOUND DURING AN EXAM OF THE ENG, EXCEPT THAT DEPOSITS IN THE FRONT CYLINDER WERE INDICATIVE OF A SLIGHTLY RICH FUEL MIXTURE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.