# Accident 19890801026119A: Amtrnc 235LANCAIR, Fond Du Lac, WI, August 1, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1989, 09:11 local time
- Place: Fond Du Lac, WI
- Airport: Fond Du Lac County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7712° N, 88.4884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FOND DU LAC COUNTY (FLD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7712&lon=-88.4884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N385L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N385L-1989-11-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Neibauer Lance A LANCAIR (registry code 05613UC, https://openairdocs.org/model/neibauer-lance-a-lancair) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRNC 235LANCAIR
- Reported engine: LYC O235C1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 350 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI89FA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89FA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890801026119A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STALLED OUT OF A STEEP TURN TO FINAL FOR LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI89FA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89FA155), Aug 1, 1989: Lancair 235 (N385L), Fond Du Lac, WI, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TO ASSURE THAT ADEQUATE AIRSPEED WAS MAINTAINED DURING THE TURN TO FINAL APPROACH, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL/SPIN.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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