- Date
- July 6, 1990, 16:53 local (21:53 UTC)
- Place
- Iola, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N30666Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900706024379A
- Case key
- 14479
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in a stall/spin. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's poorly planned approach, and his failure to go around.
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
The aircraft was observed to enter a left downwind for runway 4 at an altitude of approximately 2000 ft AGL. At about the mid-field point, the power was reduced. A witness rprtd the acft was too high to land & the plt initiated a left turn to spiral down. During the spiral, power was increased and the aircraft entered a spin. Subsequently, it crashed about 150 yards short of the approach end of runway 4.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30666
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17701393
- Airframe hours
- 3,115
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bestul, David D.
- Registered owner
- Community Insurance
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 29, 1989 · 31 hours before
- Departed
- CLI · Clintonville, WI
- Airport
- 68C · Central County, runway 4, 2,500 × 100 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 685 total · 507 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ATW, 25 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.