- Date
- December 27, 1989, 16:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Stephenville, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1691NBellanca 8KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891227064679A
- Case key
- 23088
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot.
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.
In flight collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Planning/decision - improperCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1691N
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-72
- Airframe hours
- 1,783
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Wilkinson Edward J.
- Registered owner
- Byras, William
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 16, 1989 · 11 hours before
- Destination
- SEP · Stephenville, TX
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 7,926 total · 53 in this make and model · 74 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.