- Date
- June 14, 1992, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jonesboro, AR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N626KFMclaughlin KIT FOX Model 2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920614019929A
- Case key
- 23408
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Probable cause
The inadvertent stall of 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
During a daylight departure the pilot was observed to pull the nose of the airplane up to a high angle. The airplane made a turn to the right and during the turn the airplane stalled and rolled inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N626KF
- Reported as
- Mclaughlin KIT FOX Model 2 (KIT FOX MO)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 626
- Engine
- Rotax 582D1, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jerry C. Mc Laughlin
- Registered owner
- Jerry C. Mc Laughlin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Destination
- AWM · West Memphis, AR
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 160 total · 79 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.