- Date
- July 3, 1992, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Big Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N48PSMooney Rans S-7 Courier
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920703023559A
- Case key
- 5750
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Probable cause
The pilot's delayed remedial action, and an inadvertent stall. Factors include wind gusts and a wind shear.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot of the experimental rans S-7 encountered a wind shear during his initial climbout. During this encounter the pilot allowed the aircraft to stall, resulting in an uncontrolled descent into the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48PS
- Reported as
- Mooney Rans S-7 Courier (RANS S-7 C)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 0689048
- Airframe hours
- 45
- Engine
- Rotax 582, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mooney, Patrick D.
- Registered owner
- Mooney, Patrick D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1992 · 1 hours before
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- BGQ · Big Lake Airport, runway 24, 3,000 × 75 ft, gravel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 579 total · 45 in this make and model · 538 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.