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ATL87DEG03

1987-02-13 · MC ARTHUR, Ohio, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport 22I

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Factual narrative

PIC AND ACFT OWNER LANDED AT A/P AND REQ FUEL WHICH WAS NOT AVAIL. ACFT LEFT TO FLY TO ANOTHER A/P. DURING INITIAL CLIMB ENGINE QUIT AT 300-400 FEET. PIC TURNED BACK TOWARD RWY, ACFT STALLED, IMPACTED GROUND IN 90 DEGREE LEFT WING LOW ATTITUDE. OTHER PILOTS WHO HAD FLOWN ACFT RPTED IT STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND ROLLED QUICKLY LEFT. TEST FLT SIGN OFF IN ACFT LOG WAS IMPROPERLY ACCOMPLISHED. SIGN OFF INCORRECTLY STATED ACFT HAD NO UNUSUAL FLT CHARACTERISTICS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_ATL87DEG03.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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