- Date
- April 27, 1992, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Maize, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4268RLarry E. Medlin Challenger II SPEC.
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920427011899A
- Case key
- 15225
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain an airspeed above stalling speed while turning from base leg to final approach. Factors in the accident are the pilot's lack of total and recent aviation experience.
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 a fence during an out of control descent. The pilot had overshot the turn to final and was performing a 360 degree turn to align himself with the runway when he realized his bank angle was becoming steeper. His only clear memory after that was climbing out of the airplane after impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4268R
- Reported as
- Larry E. Medlin Challenger II SPEC. (CHALLENGER)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- CH20690W0541
- Airframe hours
- 71
- Engine
- Rotax 503, 52 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Larry E. Medlin
- Registered owner
- Larry E. Medlin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 28, 1991 · 71 hours before
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 59 total · 7 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ICT, 6 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.