- Date
- May 11, 1991, 17:58 local (May 12, 1991, 00:58 UTC)
- Place
- Chandler, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N42WWUniversal Globe GC-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910511015279A
- Case key
- 26999
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain airspeed in a forced landing resulting in an in flight loss of control, stall, and subsequent in flight colliison with terrain. Factor related to the accident was the pilot's improper procedure which restuled in a total loss of engine power on VFR approach due to fuel starvation.
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 commercial pilot was completing a cross country flight. A witness observed the airplane's wings begin to oscillate and then the airplane nosed straight down into an open field. The investigation revealed no evidence of any pre-existing airframe or engine mechanical malfunctions or failures. Both auxiliary fuel tanks were empty, but the main fuel tank was nearly 1/4 full. The fuel selector was selected to the main tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42WW
- Reported as
- Universal Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3688
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael J. Brant
- Registered owner
- Gordon D. Brown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1991 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- UDD · Bermuda Dunes, CA
- Airport
- P10 · Chandler, runway 22, 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,377 total · 59 in this make and model · 2,277 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.