- Date
- June 28, 1986, 07:30 local (11:30 UTC)
- Place
- Deland, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N80273Culver V
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860628028419A
- Case key
- 31661
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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.
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
In-flight planning/decision - poorFactor
Proper glidepath - not maintainedCause
Undershoot
Terrain condition - ground
Analysis
The plt stated that on his landing apch he reduced the power too soon, the acft stalled and collided with trees and crashed 150 feet short of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80273
- Reported as
- Culver V
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- V-192
- Airframe hours
- 795
- Engine
- Continental C85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald J. Chubb
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SFB · Sanford, FL
- Airport
- 93FL · Pine Lakes, runway 36, 2,000 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 280 total · 40 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.