- Date
- September 27, 1990, 07:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kernville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7148BBlaise Midget Mustang
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900927042549A
- Case key
- 26566
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain an airspeed sufficient to sustain flight during landing. A factor was the pilot's lack of expereince in this aircraft.
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 of the homebuilt was on his first flight in this aircraft and stated he didn't feel comfortable with the first approach and made a go around. On the second approach he allowed the aircraft to get too slow and it stalled and crashed onto the runway. He reported no mechanical malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7148B
- Reported as
- Blaise Midget Mustang (MIDGET MUS)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- RHB-5
- Airframe hours
- 6
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Blaise, Richard
- Registered owner
- Richard H Blaise
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 27, 1990 · 6 hours before
- Airport
- L05 · Kern Valley, runway 35, 3,500 × 50 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
- 74
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,400 total · 2,200 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.