- Date
- July 15, 1984, 18:45 local (Jul 16, 1984, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- San Miguel, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8719Travel Air 4000
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840715032299A
- Case key
- 23978
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Ground witnesses reported that this & another acft were engaged in a mock 'dogfight'; both acft were circling the accident area between 500-800 ft AGL & neither acft was negotiating any aerobatic maneuvers. The plt stated that during a descending 30 deg right banking turn, the acft entered into a right spin. Control inputs, including 'aft stick pressure,' could not arrest the spin. The plt had not received any spin/spin recovery instruction from a CFI in the acft. However, the plt's father stated he had given the plt spin/spin recovery instruction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8719
- Reported as
- Travel Air 4000
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1003
- Airframe hours
- 3,491
- Engine
- Continental W-670-6N, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Troy E. Stimson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 11, 1984 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- PRB · Paso Robles, CA
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
- 19
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 146 total · 14 in this make and model · 92 as pilot in command · 88 in the last 90 days · 58 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PRB, 8 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.