- Date
- May 26, 1991, 10:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Newell, SD
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1799APiper PA-18-125
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910526017079A
- Case key
- 14878
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Probable cause
An inadvertent stall/spin during maneuvering flight and inadequate remedial action by the pilot. Factors associated with the accident are the pilot's disregard for procedures and directives and inadequate initial training.
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 student pilot and passenger were using the airplane to search for newborn livestock. A witness saw the airplane, 'in a spin. It rotated tow or three times completely around.' It went out of sight behind a hill and the witness saw smoke and flames and went to the scene. Records show the pilot's last period of dual instruction, which included an endorsement for solo flight, eleven months before the accident. He listed an experience level of 275 flight hours. No mechanical defects were found in the airplane or engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1799A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-125
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 181669
- Engine
- Lycoming 0290 DTC, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Orwick Ranch
- Departed
- Newell, SD
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 275 total · 275 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 15 knots
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.