- Date
- April 12, 1986, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Graham, TX
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N50639Taylorcraft L-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860412011499A
- Case key
- 22011
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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
Witnesses stated the aircraft stalled during a sharp right bank at approximately 150 feet. The propeller exhibited no signs of rotation at impact. The engine was dissassembled in an attempt to determine the apparent failure. No evidence of pre-impact failure or malfunction of the engine or its components was found. The aircraft was performing in an airshow at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50639
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft L-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4668
- Airframe hours
- 1,801
- Engine
- Continental A-65-7, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard Prideaux
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 3, 1985 · 19 hours before
- Airport
- E15 · Graham
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 126 total · 126 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SPS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.