# Accident 19921013041679A: Harkness Richard W ADVENTURE, New Smyrna Beac, FL, October 13, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 1992, 14:30 local time
- Place: New Smyrna Beac, FL
- Airport: New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0557° N, 80.9488° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW SMYRNA BEACH MUNI (JACK BOLT FLD) (EVB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0557&lon=-80.9488&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87RH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87RH-1993-03-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Harkness Richard W ADVENTURE (registry code 056124U, https://openairdocs.org/model/harkness-richard-w-adventure) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 12 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA93LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921013041679A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SEIZED ON GO AROUND. PILOT INDUCED ACCELERATED STALL AND CRASHED VERTICALLY TRYING RETURN. MIXTURE TOO LEAN.

## 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 MIA93LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA006), Oct 13, 1992: Harkness, Richard W. Adventure (N87RH), New Smyrna Bch, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT IN COMMAND TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED ABOVE STALL SPEED FOLLOWING ENGINE FAILURE RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT STALLING AND DESCENDING UNCONTROLLED TO THE GROUND. CONTRIBUTING TO THE…

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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