Barrow Ted A ONE EASY accident near Battle Creek, MI
On August 28, 2015, a Barrow Ted A ONE EASY (airplane) was involved in an accident near Battle Creek, MI. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 28, 2015
- Place
- Battle Creek, MI
- Aircraft
- Barrow Ted A ONE EASY · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 42.311°N, 85.245°W
- NTSB ID
- 20150827X15359
Official records · CEN15FA386
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn August 27, 2015, about 2017 eastern daylight time, a homebuilt One Easy airplane, N227TB, impacted terrain at the W K Kellogg Airport (KBTL), Battle Creek, Michigan. The airplane was destroyed and the private rated pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by Gospelnet, Inc., under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and the airplane was not on a flight plan. The flight was originating from KBTL at the time of the accident. The pilot had flown the airplane into KBTL arrived earlier that day; people who met the pilot reported that there was oil on the back of the airplane. They recalled that the pilot wiped the oil off the airplane and told them he had not put the engine oil cap on tight. For the evening departure, the tower controller cleared the pilot to taxi to runway 23R. While trying to exit the FBO (Fixed Based Operator) ramp, a business jet was entering the ramp; once the accident pilot moved his airplane to the side, the jet entered the ramp and the accident pilot taxied towards the runway for departure. Then shortly afterwards, the tower controller cleared the airplane for takeoff. The controller reported that airplane "wandered" on the runway and did not track a straight line; then continued to fly erratically once airborne. The airplane made a 180-degree turn and flew back down runway 5L, before making another 180-degree turn, towards runway 23R. The controller added that the airplane made a sudden nosedive during the turn towards
Probable cause
The pilot’s loss of airplane control due to his diverted attention to the canopy opening in flight.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
