- Date
- September 8, 1990, 10:35 local (15:35 UTC)
- Place
- Ord, NE
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7691VAero Commander Calair A9B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900908038439A
- Case key
- 14440
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during low altitude maneuvering.
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
A pilot engaged in aerial application made several passes on a field. A witness heard what he described as a swing around followed by the sound of a crash. The airplane landed steeply nose down in a field just north of the field the pilot had been spraying. A treeline and powerline separated the two fields.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7691V
- Reported as
- Aero Commander Calair A9B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1444
- Airframe hours
- 2,638
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-B2B5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Richard E. Poland, doing business as Poland Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Poland, Richard E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 29, 1989 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- 09K · Scotia, NE
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,100 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7691V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.