Muskogee Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Muskogee, Oklahoma 74402
Friday, June 8, 1990 15:12 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A TOTAL OF THREE ATTEMPTED TAKEOFFS. THE FIRST TWO WERE ABORTED AFTER ROLLING 1/3 AND 1/2 WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY RESPECTIVELY. DURING BOTH EVENTS THE AIRPLANE ROTATED BUT THE MAIN GEAR REMAINED ON THE RUNWAY. THE THIRD TAKEOFF ATTEMPT RESULTED IN ROTATION 2,500 TO 2,800 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY AND OVER ROTATION. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE AND THE LEFT WING DIPPED, FOLLOWED BY RIGHT WING CONTACT AND LOSS OF CONTROL. ABOUT 20 MINUTES AFTER IMPACT, FIRE CAUSED THE EJECTION SEAT TO FIRE, WITH THE PILOT STILL STRAPPED IN. AN EXPERIENCED PILOT IN THIS TYPE AIRPLANE STATED THAT ROTATION AT THIS GROSS WEIGHT SHOULD HAVE OCCURRED AFTER ABOUT 4,000 FEET OF ROLL.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

THE PILOT'S PREMATURE ROTATION AND THE SUBSEQUENT STALL. A FACTOR WAS THE PILOT'S LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN THE AIRPLANE.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 6/8/1990
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 1512
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City MUSKOGEE
Event State OKLAHOMA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 74402
Event Date Year 1990
Event Date Month 6
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport MUSKOGEE
Event Location Nearest Airport ID MKO
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 601
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Witness
Time of the weather observation 1450 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID MLC
Elevation of weather observation facility 770
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
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) 15
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 33
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 22
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 190
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 20
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 25
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) 3100
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Fatal
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal 1
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency FAA
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1589
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jun 8 1990 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1530
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 42859
Date of most recent change to record Dec 12 2000 5:03PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N902DM
NTSB Number FTW90DPJ08
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire Ground
Aircraft Explosion Ground
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name DE HAVILLAND
Aircraft Model VENOM 112 MK4
Aircraft Series Identifier VENOM 112
Aircraft Serial Number 57163
Certified Max Gross Weight 15000
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 1
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Sep 1 1989 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Unknown
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name EARNEST J. SAVIANO
Aircraft Owner Street Address W 6648 MILITARY ROAD
Aircraft Owner City PORTAGE
Aircraft Owner State WI
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 53901
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
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 MKO
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 1512
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code C85
Destination City BARABOO
Destination State WI
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Takeoff
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 13
Runway Length 7200
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --