- Date
- April 12, 1993, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Bradley, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N48288Kertesz Woody Pusher
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930412056329A
- Case key
- 8734
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during maneuvering flight, which resulted in a stall/spin and collision with the terrain.
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 private pilot was flying his newly purchased aircraft in the local area. He circled a mine, and was seen waving to people on the ground. The aircraft then entered a spiralling descent, and impacted the ground. The wreckage was found inverted. An examination of the wreckage revealed continuity in the flight controls. There was rotational damage to the wooden propeller. No evidence of mechanical malfunction or failure was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48288
- Reported as
- Kertesz Woody Pusher (WOODY PUSH)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 263
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Disesa, Robert A.
- Registered owner
- Mamuzich, Robert J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 2, 1993 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- X49 · Mulberry, FL
- Destination
- X49
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 700 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAL, 19 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.