Pzl PZL-104 WILGA 35A N81AS

Summary

On 23 June 1985 at about 19:30 local time, a Pzl PZL-104 WILGA 35A registered N81AS was involved in an accident near St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 June 1985 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

St. Paul, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

So. St. Paul (D97)

Coordinates

44.8795, -93.0392

Aircraft

Pzl PZL-104 WILGA 35A

Registration

N81AS

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → So. St. Paul

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI85FER01

2 people were 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 ACFT CONTACTED THE RWY FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF. AT AN ALT OF 50 TO 100 FT AGL AFTER A MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE TAKEOFF, THE PLT RAPIDLY RAISED THE FLAPS FROM 44 TO 0 DEGS AND THE ACFT SUDDENLY PITCHED NOSE DOWN. THE PLT ATTEMPTED REMEDIAL ACTION, HOWEVER, THE ACFT CONTACTED THE RWY IN A LEVEL ATTITUDE. BOTH PERSONS ON BOARD STATED THEFLT CONTROLS FELT AS IF THEY WERE FROZEN. THE ACFT BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR, CLIMBED TO AN ALT OF APRX 100 FT AGL AND AGAIN PITCHED NOSE DOWN. THE ACFT IMPACTED A SECOND TIME IN A LEFT WING, NOSE LOW ATTITUDE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.