- Date
- May 19, 1992, 12:59 local (19:59 UTC)
- Place
- Chandler, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N26535Taylorcraft BL
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920519015449A
- Case key
- 27429
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Probable cause
An excessive pull-up during departure and a failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed, resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin. Contributing to the accident was continued flight operations with known airworthiness deficiencies.
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 and passenger were departing on a personal flight in the local area. Witnesses observed the airplane lift off and then fly the remaining length of the runway at an altitude of about 10 feet AGL. At the departure end of the runway, the airplane rotated into a near vertical climb to about 300 feet AGL. The airplane then stalled and descended to the ground with a one turn spin to the left, striking the edge of an irrigation ditch. The airplane had a modified airspeed pitot/static system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26535
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BL
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1876
- Airframe hours
- 3,468
- Engine
- Continental A-75-8, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cobb, Charles
- Registered owner
- Cobb, Charles
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 8, 1991 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- P10
- Destination
- P10
- Airport
- P10 · Chandler, runway 4, 4,395 × 75 ft, dirt
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
- 40
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Flight engineer, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 9,446 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- 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.