- Date
- November 11, 1988, 14:15 local (Nov 12, 1988, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Kawaihae, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5496VUnivair Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881111050399A
- Case key
- 26295
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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.
Analysis
During a pleasure flight, the pilot intentionally shut down the engine and was flying the airplane similar to a sailplane. To restart the engine, he would dive the airplane to attain enough speed to windmill the prop. Just before the accident, he allowed the airplane to descend to an altitude that was too low to attain enough airspeed for a restart. Subsequently, the pilot made a forced landing and the airplane collided with a tree. No pre-accident failure or malfunction of the airplane was reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5496V
- Reported as
- Univair Taylorcraft BC12-D (TAYLORCRAF)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6505
- Airframe hours
- 3,561
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8F, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kaminski, Charles D.
- Registered owner
- Kaminski, Charles D
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 3, 1988 · 82 hours before
- Departed
- KOA · Kona, HI
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 760 total · 82 in this make and model · 685 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.