Camp Guernsey Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Guernsey, Wyoming 82214
Sunday, August 1, 1993 14:15 MDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER A NORMAL TAKEOFF, THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT CAPABLE OF OUT CLIMBING THE RISING TERRAIN. THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH SPACE TO REVERSE COURSE, SO HE ELECTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE AVAILABLE TERRAIN. WHILE LANDING ON ROUGH TERRAIN, THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS AWARE OF THE HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE, BUT BECAUSE ANOTHER AIRPLANE HAD TAKEN OFF BEFORE HIS FLIGHT WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTY, HE FELT THAT HIS AIRPLANE WOULD CLIMB AND CLEAR THE TERRAIN. PERFORMANCE DATA ON THE HOMEBUILT AIRPLANE WAS LIMITED, AND THE PILOT WAS NOT SURE OF ITS CAPABILITY. ELEVATION AT THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS ABOUT 4000 FEET AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS 103 DEGREES. DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS CALCULATED TO BE ABOUT 8500 FEET.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: RISING/MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE, THE LACK OF CLIMB PERFORMANCE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE PILOT, AND ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 8/1/1993
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1415
Event Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time
Event City GUERNSEY
Event State WYOMING
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 82214
Event Date Year 1993
Event Date Month 8
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport CAMP GUERNSEY
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 7V6
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 5
Degrees magnetic from airport 300
Airport Elevation 4390
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 0
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 50
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 39
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 130
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 0
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) 8500
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1500
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Aug 1 1993 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1600
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information IMAGE
Date of most recent change to record Dec 11 2000 1:35PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N95HH
NTSB Number SEA93LA169
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name HADALLER
Aircraft Model MURPHY RENEGADE
Aircraft Series Identifier MURPHY REN
Aircraft Serial Number 291
Certified Max Gross Weight 1300
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? Yes
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Aug 6 1992 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 25
Airframe Hours 150
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name HADALLER, HAROLD L.
Aircraft Owner Street Address 3720 E. GAME FARM RD
Aircraft Owner City PANAMA CITY
Aircraft Owner State FL
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 32403
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name HADALLER, HAROLD L.
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 3720 E GAME FARM RD
Operator City PANAMA CITY
Operator State FL
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 32403
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code 7V6
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 1410
Departure Time Zone MDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code SHR
Destination City SHERIDAN
Destination State WY
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:34AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --