Gillette-Campbell County Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Gillette, Wyoming 82716
Monday, March 3, 1986 17:15 MST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

ON MARCH 3, 1986 AT APPROXIMATELY 1715 MST, AN EXPERIMENTAL MILLER, SIEVERS SPECIAL, STRUCK THE GROUND DURING TAKEOFF AT THE GILLETTE-CAMPBELL COUNTY AIRPORT, GILLETTE, WYOMING. THE PILOT STATED THAT JUST AFTER TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 34, THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO LOSE A LITTLE POWER AT APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET AS HE WAS STARTING A LEFT TURN. THE AIRCRAFT HAD INSUFFICIENT AIRSPEED AND STALLED. THE PILOT INDICATED THE AIRSPEED WAS INDICATING ABOUT 60 MPH. HE ATTEMPTED RECOVERY BY PUSHING THE CONTROL STICK FORWARD AND HEADED FOR A FIELD WEST OF THE RUNWAY. NO REASON FOR THE POWER LOSS COULD BE DETERMINED.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 3/3/1986
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 1715
Event Time Zone Mountain Standard Time
Event City GILLETTE
Event State WYOMING
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 82716
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 3
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport GILLETTE-CAMPBELL COUNTY
Event Location Nearest Airport ID GCC
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 4363
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 2330 GMT
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID GCC
Elevation of weather observation facility 4363
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation GMT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 20000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 20
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 6
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -4
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 315
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 7
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) 0
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Minor
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor 1
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency FAA
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 231
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Mar 3 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1730
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 30320
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:14AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N1175
NTSB Number DEN86FTI01
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 MILLER
Aircraft Model SIEVERS SPECIAL
Aircraft Series Identifier SIEVERS SP
Aircraft Serial Number SS101
Certified Max Gross Weight 900
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 1
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Mar 2 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 105
ELT Installed No
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name
Aircraft Owner Street Address
Aircraft Owner City
Aircraft Owner State
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name BARRY D. STANLEY
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address P.O. BOX 2252
Operator City GILLETTE
Operator State WY
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 82716
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 GCC
Departure City GILLETTE
Departure State WY
Departure Country
Departure Time 1715
Departure Time Zone MST
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Descent
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 34
Runway Length 7500
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --