- Date
- March 31, 1986, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Dexterville, WI
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N23854Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860331008369A
- Case key
- 13309
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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
On the fourth flight of the day carrying relatives in the vicinity of another relatives house the pilot admitted that he allowed the airspeed to decay during a 55 degree bank and did not recognize an impending stall. When the aircraft stalled there was insufficient altitude to affect a recovery before impacting the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23854
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A1058
- Airframe hours
- 1,500
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paper Cities Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 29, 1986 · 56 hours before
- Departed
- ISW · Wisconsin Rapid, WI
- Destination
- ISW · Wisconsin Rapid, WI
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 155 total · 43 in this make and model · 93 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 98° at 14 knots, gusting 18
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.