- Date
- May 14, 1988, 16:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Fairfield, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6130Curtiss-Wright Travel AIR 2000
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880514018329A
- Case key
- 25831
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Probable cause
Pilot's failure to maintain an airspeed at which the aircraft is controllable and entering a stall.
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 pilot and his two passengers entered low level flight down a valley towards a hill. As the aircraft neared the hill it began to climb then stalled and entered a spin. The aircraft continued the spin until it collided with the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6130
- Reported as
- Curtiss-Wright Travel AIR 2000 (TRAVEL AIR)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 628
- Airframe hours
- 3,579
- Engine
- Lycoming R-680-13, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mayes, George R.
- Registered owner
- Mayes, George R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 10, 1987 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- CL88 · Vacaville, 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
- 51
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,357 total · 131 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SUU, 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.