- Date
- July 2, 1990, 18:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- San Antonio, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N66302Boeing A75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900702023489A
- Case key
- 23149
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Probable cause
Pilot's failure to maintain adequate speed. Contributing to the accident was the momentary power loss.
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
The pilot made a pass over the runway, then made a right pull-up and reversed direction to land back on the runway. He said the engine lost power momentarily in a climbing turn and the airplane stalled. The airplane impacted a tree and then the ground. A partial engine teardown did not reveal any mechanical problems and the pilot later acknowledged that the momentary power loss could have been pilot induced.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66302
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 78-8185
- Engine
- Continental W670-6N, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Scott H. Seaman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1989 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- T94
- Airport
- T94 · Twin Oaks, runway 30, 1,800 × 30 ft, asphalt
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, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 593 total · 280 in this make and model · 522 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.