19880313005109A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Tcraft BC-65 · Maiden, NC · March 13, 1988

Date
March 13, 1988 · 13:30 local
Place
Maiden, NC
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N23899
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL88LA111
Reported as
Tcraft BC65
Reported engine
Continental A658
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
529 total218 in this make and model230 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Unable to recover from a spin entered at an unsafe low altitude. Beer cans and alcohol odor in wreckage.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO RECOVER FROM A SPIN ENTERED AT AN UNSAFE LOW ALTITUDE. BEER CANS AND ALCOHOL ODOR IN WRECKAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.