Monke ROTEC RALLY 3 N3231B

Summary

On 31 July 1983 at about 15:30 local time, a Monke ROTEC RALLY 3 registered N3231B was involved in an accident near Nickerson, Nebraska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 July 1983 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Nickerson, Nebraska, United States

Nearest airport

Farm Strip (ROT)

Coordinates

41.5291, -96.4691

Aircraft

Monke ROTEC RALLY 3

Registration

N3231B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC83LA170

Nobody was 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 ACFT WAS A REGISTERED, HOME BUILT, 2 PLACE, ULTRALIGHT VEHICLE. THE PASSENGER WAS THE PLT'S FRIEND WHO WAS BUILDING HIS OWN ULTRALIGHT & WANTED TO RIDE ALONG TO GET A GENERAL FEELING OF HOW TO LAND THIS TYPE OF ACFT. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE TEMP WAS 86 DEG & THE WIND WAS FROM 330 DEEEG AT 8 KTS. AFTER ABOUT A 500 FT GROUND ROLL, THEY LIFTED OFF AT 30 MPH IAS. AFTER CLIMBING ABOUT 50 TO 60FT AGL, THE AIRSPEED DROPPED TO 25 MPH & THE PLT LOWERED THE NOSE TO REGAIN AIRSPEED. THE ULTRALIGHT BEGAN DESCENDING & THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO ROUND OUT BEFORE IMPACTING THE GROUND. THE ULTRALIGHT ROLLED FORWARD APRX 1 1/2 TIMES & WAS DEMOLISHED. THE DENSITY ALT WAS APRX 3100 FT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.