- Date
- April 9, 1992, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Agusta, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3181NGeorge Adrian Rands/ Coyote
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920409009569I
- Case key
- 15224
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain a proper descent rate, and an airspeed above stalling speed during a VFR final approach.
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 collided with terrain while landing. The pilot stated he was practicing short field landings and was on short final approach when he allowed an excessive sink rate to develop. When he added power to slow the rate of sink, the nose pitched up and the airplane stalled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3181N
- Reported as
- George Adrian Rands/ Coyote (RANDS/ COY)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1091226
- Airframe hours
- 36
- Engine
- Rotax MODEL 912, 80 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George M. Adrian
- Registered owner
- George M. Adrian
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 28, 1992 · 36 hours before
- Airport
- 3AU · Augusta Municipal, runway 18, 2,000 × 50 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 71
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 559 total · 16 in this make and model · 499 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 0.5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IAB, 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.