What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Stalled turning final for landing AA1A has relatively high stall speed. (.4)the pilot reported that as he turned from the base leg of the landing traffic pattern to the final approach he allowed the airspeed to get too slow, and the airplane stalled. (-23)on January 18, 1998, at 1600 EST, an American aviation AA1A, N6364L, owned and operated by privacy data omitted, stalled on the approach to land on runway 31 at the Orlando Executive Airport in Orlando, Florida. The aircraft landed short of the runway threshold causing substantial damage. The pilot and his passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditionals prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The pilot, privacy data omitted holds a private pilot certificate number 264172117. The pleasure flight originated at the st. augustine airport near st. augustine, Florida on January 18, 1998, at approxiamtely 1515 EST.
As the FAA filed it
STALLED TURNING FINAL FOR LANDING AA1A HAS RELATIVELY HIGH STALL SPEED. (.4)THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AS HE TURNED FROM THE BASE LEG OF THE LANDING TRAFFIC PATTERN TO THE FINAL APPROACH HE ALLOWED THE AIRSPEED TO GET TOO SLOW, AND THE AIRPLANE STALLED. (-23)ON JANUARY 18, 1998, AT 1600 EST, AN AMERICAN AVIATION AA1A, N6364L, OWNED AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED, STALLED ON THE APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 31 AT THE ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONALS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER 264172117. THE PLEASURE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE ST. AUGUSTINE AIRPORT NEAR ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA ON JANUARY 18, 1998, AT APPROXIAMTELY 1515 EST.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.