# NTSB FTW88LA150: Aeronca 65-TL, N18460, Texarkana, TX, August 21, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 21, 1988, 16:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place: Texarkana, TX
- Coordinates: 33.440647, -94.069602 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4406&lon=-94.0696&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22674
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW88LA150
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22674/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88LA150

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - base leg/base to final
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, descent - uncontrolled
  - object - tree(s) (contributing 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 65-TL
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 14320T
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 40; 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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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