- Date
- June 29, 1990, 20:30 local (Jun 30, 1990, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Homedale, ID
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5071MTaylorcraft BC 12-D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900629023009A
- Case key
- 17838
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed during maneuvers (buzzing) which resulted in an inadvertent stall of the aircraft. A factor was the intentional buzzing of family members.
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 observed flying at a low altitude over a farm house. Witnesses stated the aircraft was in a steep bank, circling over head, when the aircraft nose suddenly dropped down and the aircraft impacted the ground in a vertical attitude. The temperature was 101 degrees fahrenheit and the wind was calm. Density altitude was 5,500 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5071M
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC 12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10371
- Engine
- Continental A75-8, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Brent W. Taggert
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 6, 1990 · 241 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Greenleaf, ID
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 240 total · 150 in this make and model · 200 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 100 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5071M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.