- Date
- July 10, 1990, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fillmore, UT
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4068VCessna 170
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900710024799A
- Case key
- 17839
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in inadvertent stall.
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's first attempt to take off was aborted. He returned to the ramp and removed some baggage and then attempted flight again. On this second try, the aircraft was observed lifting off the ground with very little acceleration noticed. After climbing to 100 feet, the aircraft began a right bank, descended abruptly, and impacted the ground. The pilot and his passenger were seriously injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4068V
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18496
- Engine
- Continental C 145, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mcgowen, Stanley S
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airport
- U19 · Fillmore Munci., runway 4, 5,050 × 75 ft
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
- 43
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,264 total · 150 in this make and model · 3,160 as pilot in command · 104 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point -0 °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 N4068V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.