- Date
- October 28, 1989, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Zellwood, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N80528Temco GC-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891028045109A
- Case key
- 32598
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot. The crosswind and ditch were related factors.
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 rprtd that the wind was from the north at 20 gusting 25 KTS. While attempting to take off on rwy 9, he lost control of the acft & it ground looped. It then traveled off the rwy & went into a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80528
- Reported as
- Temco GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31
- Engine
- Continental C-125-2, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rill, Henry J.
- Destination
- CLW · Clearwater, FL
- Airport
- X61 · Bob White, runway 9, 3,365 × 150 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 525 total · 104 in this make and model · 23 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.