- Date
- June 25, 1989, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- New Berlin, WI
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N87KSSchuning/Teratorn Terra II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890625033889A
- Case key
- 14214
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed during the go-around, which resulted in an inadvertent stall.
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
After initiating a go-around from a VFR approach to land, the experimental custom built aircraft entered a descent & crashed. Subsequent inspection of the aircraft failed to reveal any anomaly that would have contributed to the event.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87KS
- Reported as
- Schuning/Teratorn Terra II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 622053
- Engine
- Bombardier ROTAX, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David V. Lewis
- Registered owner
- Schuning Richard E
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 580 total · 8 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VES
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.