- Date
- October 30, 1986, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Gowen, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3782WRalley 3A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861030052679A
- Case key
- 13562
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - inadequateCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
The pilot stated that the aircraft stalled while practicing an emergency landing. He also stated that he should have pulled up from the practice emergency procedure sooner.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3782W
- Reported as
- Ralley 3A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 9381
- Airframe hours
- 53
- Engine
- Cuyuna 430-R, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Johansen, Georage A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 31, 1986 · 53 hours before
- Departed
- PVT · Gowen, MI
N3782WRegistration cancelled Mar 28, 1991 · Johansen George A RALLY 3AAirframe modelJohansen George A RALLY 3A
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 291 total · 53 in this make and model · 200 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GRR, 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.