Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Flying-A-Ranch Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Yulee, Florida 32097
Monday, July 28, 2014 10:00 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On July 28, 2014, about 1000 eastern daylight time, a Temco GC-1B, N1CY, impacted a swamp shortly after departure near Yulee, Florida. The airline transport pilot was fatally injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall and fuselage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight. The airplane was registered to and operated by a private individual under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The flight was originating at the time of the accident and the airplane had departed from Flying-A-Ranch Airport (FL84), Yulee, Florida.
According to an eyewitness, he observed the airplane depart to the east and noted that the "engine rpm's were low but steady." He watched the airplane and about 200 feet above ground level, the airplane banked left, "stalled," and descended out of his view.
The airplane impacted terrain in a marshy area approximately 0.2 nautical miles from the departure end of runway 5. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that control continuity was confirmed to all flight control surfaces. The main fuel tank was approximately three-quarters full and the auxiliary tank was nearly empty. The fuel selector was in the "ON" position. The throttle and mixture controls were in the full forward position. The carburetor heat control was in the "OFF" position.
The airplane was retained for further examination.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/28/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Monday |
| Time of Event | 1000 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | Yulee |
| Event State | FLORIDA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 32097 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 303620N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0813358W |
| Event Location Airport | FLYING-A-RANCH |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | FL84 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 39 |
| Airport Elevation | 25 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1355 Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 60 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KFHB |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 32 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 6 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | UTC |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 30 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 24 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 260 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 7 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 14 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.97 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | METAR KFHB 281355Z AUTO 26007G14KT 10SM CLR 30/24 |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | 1 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | Law Enforcement |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Aug 6 2014 2:51PM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N1CY |
| NTSB Number | ERA14LA363 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | TEMCO |
| Aircraft Model | GC 1B |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 3572 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | 1 |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- |
| Number of Engines | -- |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | YEAGLE CHARLES F |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | YULEE |
| Aircraft Owner State | FL |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 32097 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | YEAGLE CHARLES F |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | YULEE |
| Operator State | FL |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 32097 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| 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 | FL84 |
| Departure City | Yulee |
| Departure State | FL |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1000 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | -- |
| Destination City | -- |
| Destination State | -- |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Aug 6 2014 2:51PM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 05 |
| Runway Length | 2000 |
| Runway Width | 100 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |