19890129001439A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Aronca O58B · Minden, NV · January 29, 1989

Date
January 29, 1989 · 10:06 local
Place
Minden, NV
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N48688
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA89FA041
Reported as
Aronca O58B
Reported engine
Continental A658F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
2,138 total364 in this make and model27 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.

Stalled and spun in while flying low in mountain terrain with severe gusty surface winds. Lenticular clouds in area

As the FAA filed it

STALLED AND SPUN IN WHILE FLYING LOW IN MOUNTAIN TERRAIN WITH SEVERE GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. LENTICULAR CLOUDS IN AREA

NTSB investigation

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