- Date
- October 21, 2007, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Edenton, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N80997Globe GC-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Greensboro FSDO-39
- FAA report
- 20071021023419A
- Case key
- 66971
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while on final approach resulting in an inadvertent stall.
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 stated he reduced power abeam his intended touchdown point. Just prior to turning base leg the airspeed was 80 mph and the flaps were at 50 percent. The pilot continued the turn to final and lowered the flaps to the full down position. The left wing dropped down about 60 degrees and the pilot applied full power. The pilot leveled the wings but was unable to arrest the sink rate before the airplane collided hard with the runway. Examination of the airplane revealed both left and right wing spars were bent downward.
Factual narrative
The pilot stated he reduced power abeam his intended touch down point. Just prior to turning base leg the airspeed was 80 mph and the flaps were at 50 percent. The pilot continued the turn to final and lowered the flaps to the full down position. The left wing dropped down about 60 degrees and the pilot applied full power. The pilot leveled the wings but was unable to arrest the sink rate before the airplane collided hard with the runway. Examination of the airplane revealed both left and right wing spars were bent downward.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80997
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1190
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel J. White
- Registered owner
- Frederick M. Jessen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- KEDE · Edenton, NC
- Destination
- KEDE
- Airport
- KEDE · Northeastern Regional Airport, runway 01, 6,000 × 100 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
- 43
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 1, 2007
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,500 total · 25 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.28 inHg
- Observed at
- KEDE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.