- Date
- September 9, 1990, 10:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place
- Kerens, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7128DMorris Avid Flyer
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900909038629A
- Case key
- 22934
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper compensation for the wind conditions and the resultant inadvertent stall. Factors related to the accident were: the gusty crosswind condition and the pilot's extension of full flaperons before descending to the proper altitude.
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
At about 100 feet AGL on final approach, the pilot had the flaperons fully extended and encountered a gust. Control was lost and the pilot attempted to land in an adjacent field. The airplane stalled and impacted right landing gear first and nosed over. The pilot/builder reported that the airplane flight manual recommended full flaperons be used at 20 feet AGL or less. He further related that he was not accustomed to the slower roll rate with full flaperons extended.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7128D
- Reported as
- Morris Avid Flyer
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 495
- Airframe hours
- 5
- Engine
- Hirth F2703, 60 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Morris, Joe M.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · July 15, 1990 · 5 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · Private, runway 24, 2,800 × 100 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 340 total · 4 in this make and model · 320 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRS, 15 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.