- Date
- August 11, 1991, 15:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Ida Grove, IA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Other
- Aircraft
- N15795Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard Mark IV
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910811033009A
- Case key
- 14796
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed.
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 airplane was part of a flight of 'zeros' in a low-altitude racetrack closed pattern conducting simulated strafing runs during a reenactment of the attack on pearl harbor. The airplane was observed to stall during the downwind-to-base segment and spin into the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15795
- Reported as
- Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard Mark IV (HARVARD MA)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15795
- Airframe hours
- 5,493
- Engine
- P&W R1340-AN 1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Mack Stevens Orr
- Registered owner
- Confederate Air Force, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · April 6, 1991 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- SLB · Storm Lake, IA
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.