- Date
- May 21, 1993, 16:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Crawford, NE
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2976NCessna 120
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930521014729A
- Case key
- 15720
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed.
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 was on a round-robin out of rapid city, SD. During a refueling stop at chadron, NE, he inquired about scenic spots in the area. After hearing about a ridge south of the airport, the pilot said that he would probably take a look at it. The airplane impacted the ground in a vertical descent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2976N
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13234
- Airframe hours
- 2,224
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronald Brodowicz/Vera Virchow
- Registered owner
- Ronald Brodowicz/Vera Virchow
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 3, 1992 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- CDR · Chadron, NE
- Destination
- RAP · Rapid City, SD
- 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
- 48
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,035 total · 215 in this make and model · 1,936 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CDR, 18 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.