- Date
- July 25, 1982, 07:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Mesa, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N125GHHallquist Thunderbolt
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 71669
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Aircraft performance,turn capability - exceededCause
Flight controls - improper use ofCause
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertent
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
Formation flight came over the rwy upwind at 2,000 ft MSL. Plt was cleared #2 to land, peeled off & stalled during left turn to downwind. The plt recovered about 100 ft AGL but collided with a tall tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N125GH
- Reported as
- Hallquist Thunderbolt (THUNDERBOL)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 13
- Airframe hours
- 236
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-C2C, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Y. L. Hallquist
- Registered owner
- Y. L. Hallquist
- Departed
- Mesa, AZ
- Destination
- Mesa, AZ
- Airport
- Falcon Field
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,146 total · 236 in this make and model · 1,874 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 172 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg