- Date
- May 30, 2026, 18:27 local (23:27 UTC)
- Place
- Jonesboro, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N90932Bellanca 7GCBC
- Defining event
- Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Little Rock FSDO
- FAA report
- 20260530009529A
- Case key
- 203093
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which led to the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and experiencing an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to practice slow flight maneuvers at an altitude that precluded a recovery from the inadvertent stall after the turbulence encounter.
Findings · 6
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The student pilot reported that while practicing slow flight the airplane encountered “severe turbulence” during a turn and entered an aerodynamic stall/spin. Although he was able to recover from the spin, the airplane had insufficient altitude remaining to facilitate a full recovery to level flight before it impacted trees. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90932
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 432-73
- Built
- 1973
- Airframe hours
- 5,982
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hall Air Inc
- Registered owner
- Hall Air Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 25, 2025 · 96 hours before
- Departed
- 5AR7 · Weiner, AR
- Equipment
- Stall warning system
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
- 17
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 26, 2025
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 114.1 total · 87.4 in this make and model · 55.9 in the last 90 days · 27.4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.89 inHg
- Observed at
- KJBR, 12 nm away
- METAR
- KJBR 302253Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/22 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP120 T02720217 $
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 20, 2026, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 5.9 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.