- Date
- June 3, 1990, 19:14 local (Jun 4, 1990, 00:14 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N20LWSpezio Sport DAL-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900603018359A
- Case key
- 32669
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed, resulting in an inadvertent stall and subsequent loss of control. A related factor was: the lack of a stall warning system installed in the aircraft.
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
During a cross country flight, the pilot circled his residence which was located near the destination airport. While maneuvering, the pilot lost control, and the aircraft descended into a wooded area. The aircraft did not contain a stall warning system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20LW
- Reported as
- Spezio Sport DAL-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- AIV · Aliceville, AL
- Destination
- UBS · Columbus, MS
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Flight hours
- 700 total · 48 in this make and model · 400 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- CBM, 13 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.