- Date
- May 2, 1983, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Clewiston, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8573HGrumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830502016689A
- Case key
- 30884
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Low pass - performedFactor
Proper altitude - not maintainedFactor
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The plt had just washed the acft & went for a short local flt to dry it. He made a low pass at the arpt & the acft stalled during the pull-up.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8573H
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1415
- Airframe hours
- 2,591
- Engine
- P&W R-985-14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles Taylor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1983
- Airport
- 21S · Airglades
N8573HRegistration cancelled Feb 7, 2018 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 3,307 total · 3,307 in this make and model · 125 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8573H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.