- Date
- July 25, 1989, 12:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Vaughn, NM
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3137GCloud MA-5 Charger
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890725025219A
- Case key
- 17549
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in the aircraft entering a stall/mush at too low an altitude to permit recovery. Contributing to the accident was the high density altitude.
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - high density altitudeFactor
Airspeed(vs) - not maintainedCause
Stall/mush - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3137G
- Reported as
- Cloud MA-5 Charger (MA-5 CHARG)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 0002
- Airframe hours
- 109
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-G, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John A. Cloud
- Registered owner
- Cloud, John A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1989 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- Vaughn, NM
- Destination
- DHT · Dalhart, TX
N3137GRegistration cancelled Nov 18, 1989 · Cloud John A MA-5 CHARGERAirframe modelCloud John A MA-5 CHARGER
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
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 208 in this make and model · 24 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Observed at
- 4CR, 27 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.