- Date
- June 10, 1989, 17:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Sarasota, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3100BCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890610014979A
- Case key
- 32295
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering to spot cattle for a ground crew.
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 plt was maneuvering to spot cattle for a ground crew when the accident occurred. As a turn was made to reverse direction, the plt's attention was diverted to looking for cows and the airspeed was allowed to decrease. The airplane then stalled and entered a spin from which it crashed into trees and the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3100B
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17025342
- Airframe hours
- 3,384
- Engine
- Continental C-145, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- Carlton, Thomas M.
- Registered owner
- Mabry Carlton & Sons Ranch Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 6, 1989 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- OXO · Sarasota, FL
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,502 total · 1,460 in this make and model · 970 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SQR, 24 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.