- Date
- May 14, 1991, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lordsburg, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2331HPiper PA18-50
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910514015689A
- Case key
- 18088
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Probable cause
Pilot factor in that he allowed the aircraft to enter an inadvertent stall mush at an altitude insufficient to recover.
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
Terrain condition - ground
Stall/mush - inadvertentCause
Altitude - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
While conducting an aerial observation flight, the pilot conducted a turn and inadvertently entered a stall mush at a low altitude. The aircraft impacted the ground before the pilot could recover control.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2331H
- Reported as
- Piper PA18-50
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7909169
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- Union Flights
- Registered owner
- Union Flights
- Departed
- DMN · Demming, NM
- Destination
- LSB · Lordsberg, NM
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 796 total · 277 in this make and model · 651 as pilot in command · 240 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.