- Date
- April 4, 1991, 06:45 local (12:45 UTC)
- Place
- Blairstown, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7XRAkins Stinger
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910404008909A
- Case key
- 14798
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Probable cause
An inflight breakup after the pilot encountered weather, lost control inflight, & exceeded the design limits of the airplane. A factor was the pilot's decision to fly into known adverse weather.
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 pilot of the accident airplane was observed flying in an area of fog and low visibility. The airplane broke apart in flight. Both wings were found a quarter of a mile from the fuselage about 100 yards apart. A witness who saw the airplane takeoff reported that he lost sight of the airplane in fog before it reached the airport boundary.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7XR
- Reported as
- Akins Stinger
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- FKA
- Airframe hours
- 36
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard Akins
- Registered owner
- Richard Akins
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 23, 1990 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- K84 · Lee'S Summit, MO
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 700 total · 100 in this make and model · 700 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 300° at 8 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLZ, 21 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.