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BFO87LA035

1987-05-09 · RAVENSWOOD, West Virginia, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport I18

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Factual narrative

THE PILOT WAS PROVIDING FREE PROMOTIONAL RIDES FOR A FLIGHT SCHOOL. HE WAS ON THE FOURTH FLIGHT OF THE DAY, ON FINAL APPROACH, IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING STRUCK SMALL TREES. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND 250FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER. INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTONS/FAILURES. AIRCRAFT WEIGHT AND BALANCE COMPUTATIONS INDICATE THE AIRCRAFT WAS OVER THE MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_BFO87LA035.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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