- Date
- March 24, 1989, 12:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N60KBNaval Aircraft Factory N3N-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890324004579A
- Case key
- 26358
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Probable cause
Loss of control due to inadequate preflight and control interference.
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
At the beginning of a pleasure flight, the pilot reported that he departed the runway using a three point takeoff. When the airplane became airborne, the angle of attack was extremely high. The pilot was unable to lower the nose which resulted in the airplane stalling. The right wing dropped and the airplane collided with the terrain. After the accident it was noted that the front seatbelt was tied to the control stick in the aft position. The pilot stated that he must have overlooked it during the preflight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60KB
- Reported as
- Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2747
- Airframe hours
- 2,700
- Engine
- Wright O-760, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Coulliette, Roy M.
- Registered owner
- Coulliette, Roy M
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1988 · 37 hours before
- Airport
- Pleasant Valley, runway 23, 2,500 × 25 ft, asphalt
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
- 62
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 4,700 total · 4 in this make and model · 4,500 as pilot in command · 248 in the last 90 days · 57 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.