- Date
- June 25, 1990, 11:54 local (19:54 UTC)
- Place
- Redlands, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N10WSSpark/Acroduster SA/750
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900625022229A
- Case key
- 26536
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The pilots failure to maintain a speed above a stall after experiencing a loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's miscalculation of the fuel supply.
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 departed with fuel tanks half full for some acrobatic work. The aircraft was airborne for over an hour and 20 minutes when the engine began to sputter after a touch and go landing and a steep climbout. According to the second pilot on board the pilot stalled the aircraft in an attempt to return to the runway. Witnesses on the ground heard the sputter from the engine and observed a tight turn back to the runway. Examination of the wreckage revealed no presence of fuel in the tanks or fuel lines.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10WS
- Reported as
- Spark/Acroduster SA/750
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 0015
- Airframe hours
- 176
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Brian A Donnelly
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 11, 1990 · 38 hours before
- Airport
- L12 · Redlands, runway 26, 4,500 × 75 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 300 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.