- Date
- April 19, 1992, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N99747Eichblatt X-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920419010319A
- Case key
- 23405
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons and an inadvertent stall. A factor was the pilot's lack of familiarity with the airplane.
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
A homebuilt airplane was returning to the airport after the engine RPM started to fluctuate and the engine was surging. As the airplane entered the downwind leg, a 30 degree nose up attitude was observed as the pilot attempted to slow the airplane for landing. Control was lost and the airplane entered a left spin, impacting in an open field adjacent to the airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99747
- Reported as
- Eichblatt X-5
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 77-001
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290G, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- W.J Cowan/D.L Newton/S. Potter
- Registered owner
- W.J Cowan/D.L Newton/S. Potter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 21, 1992
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 912 total · 1 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Observed at
- FTW, 5 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.