- Date
- May 23, 1989, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Dayton, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5082SRockwell 114
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890523012699A
- Case key
- 8031
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper compensation for wind conditions and inadequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall after lift-off. The wind conditions and the pilot's lack of familiarity with the acft were contributing factors.
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 purpose of the flt was to check the avionics in the acft. The start, taxi & run-up were normal. The plt rprtd that as he was taking off with a left x-wind, the acft encountered a gust or shear at about 40' AGL. At that time, the stall warning was activated & the plt was unable to maintain control of the acft. Subsequently, it contacted the ground on the left side of the rwy & came to rest with damage to both wing tips, the prop & the nose & right main landing gear. The plt noted that there was a row of trees along the left side of the rwy. He had been denied a med cert on 1/18/89.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5082S
- Reported as
- Rockwell 114
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14095
- Airframe hours
- 608
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-T4A5D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- National Choice Acft Maint,Inc
- Registered owner
- National Group Of Companies
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 9, 1989 · 5 hours before
- Airport
- DNL · Dayton-New Lebanon, runway 4, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 977 total · 5 in this make and model · 977 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAY, 9 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.