- Date
- June 7, 1990, 17:20 local (Jun 8, 1990, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Taft, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6629DBeech 77
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900607019029A
- Case key
- 26835
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper remedial action. Related to this accident was the pilot's inadvertent encounter with unfavorable winds.
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 student pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings on runway 25 at Taft muni arpt. While on final approach during the second landing the pilot encountered a dust devil. He delayed the go-around until the airplane was low to the ground and halfway down the runway. When the pilot applied full power the airplane did not immediately respond and he pulled the nose up, lost directional control and stalled. The pilot failed to raise the landing flaps during the attempted go-around. The airplane collided with the fence north of the airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6629D
- Reported as
- Beech 77
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- WA-28
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Coyote Aviation, Inc.
- Airport
- L17 · Taft, runway 25, 3,970 × 60 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 16 total · 16 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- L17
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.