- Date
- August 21, 1988, 16:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Texarkana, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N18460Aeronca 65-TL
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 22674
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall/spin - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
The airport operator stated he saw the airplane turn in to land. He said it appeared to stall and then make a quick turn to the left, into a tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18460
- Reported as
- Aeronca 65-TL
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14320T
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Whitley, Ronald Eugene
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 27, 1988 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- 21TX
- Airport
- 21TX · Shilling, runway 27, 2,800 × 50 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 150 total · 100 in this make and model · 130 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 95 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TXK