ATL92LA036

NTSB accident investigation · Mosley HS GN-1 · Cullman, AL · January 11, 1992

Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
January 11, 1992, 14:21 local (20:21 UTC)
Place
Cullman, AL
Injuries
1 serious
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Initial climb
Aircraft
N3202FMosley HS GN-1
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed · report August 13, 1993
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19920111000389A
Case key
8552

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Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain a safe flying speed.

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.

Loss of control - in flightTakeoff - initial climb
Airspeed(vso) - not maintainedPilot in commandCause
Stall/spin - inadvertentPilot in command
In flight collision with terrain/waterDescent - uncontrolled

Analysis

The pilot reported to an FAA inspector that following a touch & go landing he stalled the airplane. According to the inspector the pilot said he was flying slowly when it stalled & entered a spin.

Aircraft

Registration
N3202F
Reported as
Mosley HS GN-1
Category
Airplane, amateur-built
Serial number
1489
Airframe hours
70
Engine
Continental A65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Operator
Sharp, Milford G.
Registered owner
Sharp, Milford G.
Airworthiness certificate
Special, Experimental (Special)
Last inspection
Annual · January 2, 2000

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Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

Role
Pilot
Age
51
Certificate
Commercial
Airplane ratings
Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
Instrument ratings
Airplane
Medical
Class 2, Expired
Seat
Rear
Flight hours
10,000 total · 1 in this make and model

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
80° at 4 knots
Visibility
10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
25,000 ft broken
Temperature
52 °F, dew point 19 °F
Altimeter
30.00 inHg
Observed at
HSV, 20 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.