- Date
- June 25, 1983, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rolla, ND
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7642VAero Commander Callair A-9B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830625027319A
- Case key
- 16104
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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
During a procedure turn-around after the second pass, the acft entered a stall, the left wing dropped & the plane impacted, left wing first, while in a nose down attitude. No preimpact, mechanical malfunction or failure was reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7642V
- Reported as
- Aero Commander Callair A-9B (CALLAIR A-)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1370
- Airframe hours
- 2,900
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 320 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Leonard Krech
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 4, 1983 · 100 hours before
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 300 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 12 knots, gusting 14
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.