- Date
- May 29, 1989, 20:10 local (May 30, 1989, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5325NBoeing E75 (PT-13D)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890529012949A
- Case key
- 8034
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Probable cause
The pilot encountered an accelerated stall during an abrupt maneuver, lost control of the airplane and did not have sufficient altitude to recover from the ensuing spin prior to colliding with the ground.
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 was reported to have made a low pass down runway 09 at the private airstrip where he normally did his flying. After passing the end of the runway, the airplane was observed to pull up steeply as if to enter a loop, turn 180 degrees and fly into the ground. A flight instructor observing the airplane stated that 'the airplane went into an accelerated stall and spun into the ground'. No evidence of a mechanical malfunction or in flight failure was found during the examination of the wreckage. The pilot succumbed to injuries about 14 hours after the crash.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5325N
- Reported as
- Boeing E75 (PT-13D) (E-75 (PT-1)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-5989
- Engine
- Continental W-670-6A, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cary J. Myers
- Registered owner
- Deborah S. Lanier
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 15, 1988 · 66 hours before
- Departed
- NC61
- Airport
- NC61 · Wings Aloft, runway 9, 2,300 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,225 total · 289 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NKT, 25 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.
Other investigations on N5325N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.