- Date
- August 7, 1988, 07:20 local (13:20 UTC)
- Place
- Grantsville, UT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N69WDFalco F8L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880807031419A
- Case key
- 17335
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Analysis
This acdt involved a homebuilt, side-by-side, two place, low wing, high performance aircraft. The purpose of the flt was to visit an airshow at wendover. The weather was reported to be clear with light winds. Radar track data showed the acft tracked straight and level to the acdt site at 7,500 ft MSL (2,900 ft AGL). The track was straight and level on one sweep and was not seen on the next sweep. The acdt site was in level, open desert terrain. There were no witnesses. Exam of the site and wreckage reveal evidence suggesting a stall/spin type of impact. Exam of the wreckage did not reveal any evidence of a preimpact failure or deficiency of the airframe or eng. The plt received a .4 hr checkout in the acft the day before the acdt and had logged a total of 1.4 hrs in the acft. His logbook showed 1.4 hrs total time since December 29, 1987.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69WD
- Reported as
- Falco F8L
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 622
- Airframe hours
- 147
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bruce A. Pounder
- Registered owner
- Daniel R. Garn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 27, 1988 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- ENV · Wendover, UT
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 428 total · 1 in this make and model · 386 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC, 40 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.