- Date
- August 8, 1991, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- O'Brien, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N15DWSchultz Avid Flyer 502
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910808032619A
- Case key
- 32911
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's improper planned final approach, which resulted in an in flight collision with an electrical service line, and in flight collision with terrain.
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 private pilot was landing at an ultralight landing area with a known obstacle (electrical service line). The homebuilt airplane collided with the electrical service line and the terrain. The pilot did not have a current biennial flight review or a medical certificate at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15DW
- Reported as
- Schultz Avid Flyer 502 (AVID FLYER)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 502
- Engine
- Rotax 532-LC, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Schultz, Donald W.
- Registered owner
- Schultz, Donald W.
- Destination
- 0
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight hours
- 1,400 total · 130 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 20 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.