- Date
- May 21, 1989, 15:06 local (20:06 UTC)
- Place
- Pryor, OK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N39304Aeronca 65-TAC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890521012419A
- Case key
- 22864
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed during a low pass over the airport after pulling up to clear wires which resulted in a stall.
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
According to a witness, the acft took off to the south and turned to the north making a low pass over the airport. As the acft approached wires the acft entered a right turn and started to spin. The acft contacted the terrain in a near vertical attitude and flipped over into 18 inches of water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39304
- Reported as
- Aeronca 65-TAC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- C2761TA
- Engine
- Continental C90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cole, Charles W.
- Registered owner
- Pletsch, Leonard N.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- NONE · Longs Airport North, runway 17, 2,000 × 300 ft, grass/turf
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 195 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL, 38 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.