- Date
- March 12, 1991, 17:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Bronson, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N860RBBartholomew Kolb Twinstar
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910312005249A
- Case key
- 32830
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Probable cause
Pilot-in-command's decision to initiate a flight with known deficiencies in his equipment in that his airspeed indicator was inoperative. He then failed to maintain airspeed in a turn on final approach, stalled, and crashed.
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
Witnesses stated that the pilot initiated the flight knowing that the airspeed indicator was inoperative. They observed the airplane on final approach when it entered a steep left 360-degree turn. They stated the left wing stalled and the airplane pitched nose down and crashed. Examination of the engine, airplane and flight controls revealed no preimpact failures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N860RB
- Reported as
- Bartholomew Kolb Twinstar
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Engine
- Rotax UNKNOWN, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert E. Bartholomew
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- X60 · Williston, FL
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 150 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Observed at
- GNV, 12 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.