- Date
- August 4, 1991, 18:02 local (23:02 UTC)
- Place
- Hager City, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7451NBeech 35A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910804031329A
- Case key
- 15143
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed above stalling speed while maneuvering.
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 accident airplane was maneuvering (alternating left and right steep banking turns) at low altitude over a civic celebration with the landing gear and flaps extended. Witnesses recounted that the airplane was flying slowly a in right banking turn when it suddenly rolled to the left and descended into the ground. The airplane passed through the top of a mature tree before it struck and unoccupied house. A post impact fire erupted involving both the airplane and house.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7451N
- Reported as
- Beech 35A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D8835
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George P. Sweasy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- RGK · Red Wing, MN
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 480 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Observed at
- MSP, 27 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.