- Date
- January 24, 1982, 09:53 local (15:53 UTC)
- Place
- Laredo, TX
- Injuries
- 7 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4244ZRobertson C-402B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820124001789A
- Case key
- 71369
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was observed to be extremely slow throughout the approach & that the plt appeared to be having some difficulty with over-controlling the acft. It then leveled out at 50-80 ft AGL on final over the threshold, entered a nose-high attitude & then stalled into a right spin. The plt had flown to memphis, TN two days prior to the accident with the other plt to pick up the stol equipped acft. The vendor's chief plt checked out the plt in the acft during the return flt to houston,TX. On the day prior to the accident the two plts who were onboard at the time of the accident flew a local flt for about two hours & then flew to dilley,TX for an additional 1.3 hours. When the accident occurred the plt who had been checked out by the vendor's chief plt was sitting in the right seat.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4244Z
- Reported as
- Robertson C-402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1026
- Airframe hours
- 1,524
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Vernon L. Meyer
- Registered owner
- Vernon L. Meyer
- Departed
- C · Dilley, TX
- Destination
- C · Laredo, TX
- Airport
- LRD · Laredo International, runway 17, 8,201 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 45
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 5,666 total · 42 in this make and model · 4,577 as pilot in command · 107 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Temperature
- 138 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
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