- Date
- December 11, 1990, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- North Muskegon, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N44350Taylorcraft BC12-D1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901211053829A
- Case key
- 14827
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's not maintaining sufficient airspeed and entering into an inadvertent stall. Factors related to this accident were fuel starvation and the pilot-in-command's not selecting a proper fuel tank selector position.
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 light single-engined airplane was flying a downwind leg in the traffic pattern when the engine stopped running. A witness heard the engine stop, looked up and saw the airplane 200 feet above the ground. The witness watched the airplane until it went behind the tops of the trees. Shortly afterwards the witness heard a loud thump. The investigation revealed that the airplane had struck the ground in a steep nose down attitude while attempting to turn a short final approach leg. Examination of the wreckage revealed an empty main fuel tank with its selector valve in the 'on' position; and a full auxiliary fuel tank with its selector valve in the 'off' position. Fuel had not leaked from the main tank. A small leak was observed around the auxiliary tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44350
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10150
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Larry G. Glaser
- Airport
- 31C · North Side, runway 3, 2,752 × 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 8 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- MKG, 7 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.