- Date
- April 16, 1991, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Carlisle, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8188ACessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910416011339A
- Case key
- 23325
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed above the stalling speed of the airplane and the resultant inadvertent stall. A factor was the emotional state of 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.
Analysis
The operator reported that the pilot did not have his permission to use the airplane. After takeoff the pilot commenced a series of low maneuvers. Control of the airplane was lost while conducting a low pass at the hangar. The airplane stalled and collided with the terrain beyond the hangar. The morning of the accident, the pilot had been notified by the FAA that his pilot's license had been revoked. The operator stated that this had upset the pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8188A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25040
- Engine
- Franklin O-300, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- A. Parker, doing business as Parker Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- A. Parker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- NONE
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,674 total · 1 in this make and model · 4,400 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 25 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.
Other investigations on N8188A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.