- Date
- May 30, 1988, 20:02 local (May 31, 1988, 01:02 UTC)
- Place
- Wautoma, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N28156Bellanca 17-30A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880530016259A
- Case key
- 13944
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Probable cause
Performance of an aerobatic maneuver with insufficient altitude for recovery.
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
According to witnesses, the pilot performed a high performance takeoff followed by a wingover maneuver. No recovery or pull-up from the maneuver was seen by witnesses. The aircraft impacted a dense stand of 20 to 30 foot pine trees. The airport manager saw and spoke to the pilot before the flight. According to the airport manager, the pilot was atypically unresponsive and withdrawn as if something was bothering him.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28156
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 80-30985
- Airframe hours
- 1,038
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-K, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronald R. Campbell, doing business as Campbell Tree & Land Co., Inc.
- Registered owner
- Campbell Tree & Land, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 14, 1988 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- Y50
- Destination
- Y50
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,595 total · 1,395 in this make and model · 1,508 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OSH, 30 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.