- Date
- January 18, 1998, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Orlando, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6364LAmerican General AA-1A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 4, 1998
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980118000459A
- Case key
- 3962
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot's failure to maintain flying speed.
Analysis
The pilot reported that as he turned from the base leg of the landing traffic pattern to the final approach he allowed the airspeed to get too slow, and the airplane stalled.
Factual narrative
On January 18, 1998, at 1600 eastern standard time, an American General AA-1A, N6364L, collided with the ground short of runway 31 at the Orlando Executive Airport, in Orlando, Florida. The personal flight operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The private pilot and his passenger were not injured. The flight departed St. Augustine, Florida, at 1515.
The pilot reported that, as he turned from the base leg of the landing traffic pattern to the final approach, he allowed the airspeed to get too slow, and the airplane stalled. No mechanical problems with the airplane were reported by the pilot.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6364L
- Reported as
- American General AA-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0364
- Airframe hours
- 1,788
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert S. Coopet
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 2, 1997 · 29 hours before
- Departed
- SGJ · St. Augustine, FL
- Destination
- ORL
- Airport
- ORL · Orlando Executive, runway 31, 4,638 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 269 total · 113 in this make and model · 190 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL, 260 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.