- Date
- September 20, 1992, 18:02 local (22:02 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, NC
- NTSB coordinates
- 33.8100, -79.4397 (estimated), outside the stated state
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N840ZCorben Baby ACE
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920920037529A
- Case key
- 8666
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain flying speed which resulted in a loss of control and an inadvertent stall and collision 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
According to the airplane's owner, the pilot was demonstrating the airplane's performance to a possible buyer when he lost control of the airplane and crashed. Prior to the impact, a witness observed the airplane in a steep right turn (60 degrees of bank at approximately cruise airspeed) 200 feet above the ground. It disappeared behind trees in a nose low attitude; the airplane impacted the ground in a nose low attitude. Examination of the airplane failed to disclose a system malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N840Z
- Reported as
- Corben Baby ACE
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1001
- Engine
- Franklin 4AC176B, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jones, A.V.
- Registered owner
- Jones, A.V.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- NC41
- Destination
- NC41
- Airport
- NC41 · Sky Manor, runway 26, 3,610 × 85 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 10 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ILM, 30 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.