- Date
- January 19, 1991, 14:40 local (19:40 UTC)
- Place
- Milford, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N126TTMocock Avid Amphibian
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910119000739A
- Case key
- 14817
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during takeoff which resulted in a stall. A factor related to the accident were the gusty wind conditions.
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 single seat homebuilt amphibian had taken off during windy conditions. While on its initial climb, witnesses observed the airplane approximately 200 feet above the ground when it rolled left and descended, at a steep angle, until colliding with the surface of an ice covered lake.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N126TT
- Reported as
- Mocock Avid Amphibian (AVID AMPHI)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- Rotax 532, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ralph E. Mocock
- Registered owner
- Ralph E. Mocock
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 12, 1990 · 12 hours before
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 5,611 total · 12 in this make and model · 5,406 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 25° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PTK, 10 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.