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Accident occurred Friday, February 21, 1986 at Santa Ynez, California, USA
Aircraft: Henley Aerodrome Fokker Dr.I, registration: N50CH
Injuries: 1 Serious.
A homebuilt Henley Aerodrome Fokker Dr.I crashed after takeoff.
The aircraft had been in storage for over 5 years and had just completed an annual inspection. The flight was a post annual inspection test flight. The pilot had extensive experience maintaining and flying homebuilt aircraft and biplanes, but had never flown a tri-wing aircraft before.
The aircraft climbed to approximately 50 ft (15 m) after takeoff and maintained that altitude down the length of the runway. At the end of the runway the aircraft began a skidding left turn and a climb. While in the turn the aircraft nose pitched down and the aircraft dove into the ground. Source: NTSB


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Accident Report Accident occurred Friday, February 21, 1986 at Santa Ynez, California, USA Aircraft: Henley Aerodrome Fokker Dr.I, registration: N50CH Injuries: 1 Serious. A homebuilt Henley Aerodrome Fokker Dr.I crashed after takeoff. The aircraft had been in storage for over 5 years and had just completed an annual inspection. The flight was a post annual inspection test flight. The pilot had extensive experience maintaining and flying homebuilt aircraft and biplanes, but had never flown a tri-wing aircraft before. The aircraft climbed to approximately 50 ft (15 m) after takeoff and maintained that altitude down the length of the runway. At the end of the runway the aircraft began a skidding left turn and a climb. While in the turn the aircraft nose pitched down and the aircraft dove into the ground. Source: NTSB