- Date
- August 27, 1991, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Land O' Lakes, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N12JFFriling Amtr
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910827040139A
- Case key
- 32919
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Probable cause
The poor in flight decision of the pilot to fly near thunderstorms and their associated turbulence resulting in an uncontrolled descent 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 pilot flying the homebuilt airplane encountered severe turbulence near a thunderstorm and lost control in flight. The airplane then descended uncontrolled to the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12JF
- Reported as
- Friling Amtr
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- CB-2
- Airframe hours
- 966
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lenehan, John J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 27, 1991 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- XO5 · Growers Corner, FL
- Destination
- 71X · Tarpon Springs, 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 4,200 total · 80 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Observed at
- PIE, 23 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.