- Date
- May 9, 1992, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Richmond, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3210RNanchang YAK-18A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920509013889A
- Case key
- 18358
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Probable cause
Inadvertent stall. Factors were the pilot's ostentatious display and the low altitude.
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 military vintage trainer made a low pass over the active runway of a local airpark that was hosting their annual fly-in for friends of the residents of the privately owned airpark. The back seat of the tandem airplane was occupied by a former soviet air force pilot who resided at the airpark and used to be an instructor and mechanic in the same type of airplane in his native country. At the completion of the high speed low pass, full power was added and the nose pitched up to 35 degrees as a rapid right turn developed. An accelerated stall developed during the attempted roll and the airplane impacted the ground in a nose down attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3210R
- Reported as
- Nanchang YAK-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2232036
- Airframe hours
- 4,020
- Engine
- Housia 6A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Imle, Barclay C.
- Registered owner
- Imle, Barclay C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 28, 1992 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- T41 · La Porte, 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 185 total · 22 in this make and model · 160 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,700 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOU, 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.