- Date
- October 23, 1992, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- New Hudson, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7157AAmerican Eagle 101
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921023044019A
- Case key
- 15614
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control.
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 pilot, who helped restore the vintage airplane, requested to fly it before the owners sold it to someone else. He last flew the airplane a year earlier. After orbiting the field, he flew a mile away and began a spiral to descend for a straight-in approach. A witness observed the wings rock and the nose come up to a stall. The airplane fell off on one side and descended to ground collision.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7157A
- Reported as
- American Eagle 101
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 278
- Airframe hours
- 433
- Engine
- Curtis Wright OX-5, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Allen, Swann D. & Allen, Mary
- Registered owner
- Allen, Swann D. & Allen, Mary
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 6, 1992 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- Y47
- Destination
- Y47
- Airport
- Y47 · New Hudson, runway 25, 3,015 × 40 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 593 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 12 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PTK, 15 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.