- Date
- July 26, 1990, 10:04 local (15:04 UTC)
- Place
- Oshkosh, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N302FMFouga FOUGA-MAGISTER
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900726028769A
- Case key
- 14723
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain proper airspeed in turn from base to final.
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
On turning from base to final the pilot allowed the airspeed to decay. The aircraft began to experience an excessive sink rate and the pilot elected to continue the turn while adding full power. The aircraft continued to sink and stalled just prior to impact with the terrain. The pilot and one passenger reported no injuries, however the aircraft sustained substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N302FM
- Reported as
- Fouga FOUGA-MAGISTER (FOUGA-MAGI)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 354
- Airframe hours
- 6,929
- Engine
- Turbomeca MARBORE II, 880 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jim R. Porter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 23, 1990 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- FLD · Fond Du Lac, WI
- Destination
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
- Airport
- OSH · Wittman, runway 18, 8,001 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,444 total · 57 in this make and model · 1,319 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OSH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.