- Date
- August 1, 1989, 09:11 local (14:11 UTC)
- Place
- Fond Du Lac, WI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N385LLancair 235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890801026119A
- Case key
- 14270
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot-in-command to assure that adequate airspeed was maintained during the turn to final approach, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin.
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 - not maintainedCause
Stall/spin - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N385L
- Reported as
- Lancair 235
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 001-85
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 118 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Neico Aviation, Inc.
- Departed
- FLD
- Airport
- FLD · Fond Du Lac County, runway 36, 5,560 × 75 ft, asphalt
N385LRegistration cancelled Nov 3, 1989 · Neibauer Lance A LANCAIRAirframe modelNeibauer Lance A LANCAIR
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,650 total · 350 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Observed at
- OSH, 15 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.