- Date
- May 31, 1991, 20:20 local (Jun 1, 1991, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Dalton, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N202PPeecher EAA Biplane P-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910531018559A
- Case key
- 8414
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed when he diverted his attention outside the airplane which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent collision with trees.
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 conducting a local pleasure flight which included a pass over his home where his estranged wife lived. She came out and waved at the airplane. The pilot was distracted. He lost control of the airplane and allowed the airspeed to decay; the airplane stalled and crashed in a wooded area away from homes. The pilot did not report a mechanical problem with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N202P
- Reported as
- Peecher EAA Biplane P-2 (EAA BIPLAN)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235C, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Adams, Josephine N
- Registered owner
- Adams, Josephine N
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 3, 1990 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- 0A5 · Resaca, GA
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 790 total · 24 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- DNN, 6 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.