- Date
- August 6, 1989, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Garrettsville, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5131MTaylorcraft BC12-D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890806027419A
- Case key
- 14398
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Probable cause
The pilot did not maintain adequate airspeed and allowed the aircraft to inadvertently enter a stall/spin. Turbulence was considered to be a contributing factor.
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 acft was in a slight left turn, crossing over trees on final apch for landing, when it 'violently turned' as if a wing had stalled. Subsequently, it crashed in a left wing low, nose down attitude. Due to a head injury, the plt was unable to remember the acdnt. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was evident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5131M
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10431
- Airframe hours
- 1,360
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8F, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Monahan, Daniel W.
- Registered owner
- Monahan, Daniel W
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 27, 1988 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- 7D8
- Destination
- 7D8
- Airport
- 7D8 · Gates, runway 26, 3,000 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 550 total · 25 in this make and model · 490 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAK, 31 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.