- Date
- April 12, 1992, 10:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Cross City, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3169QStoltzfus Stileto MK II
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19920412009559A
- Case key
- 33084
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's continued flight into adverse weather conditions resulting in a loss of control during a precautionary landing due to a loss of visual references. The weather was a factor.
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 was briefed before departure that marginal VFR wx conditions existed for the route of flight. During cruise flt, the flt was VFR on top of a layer of clouds. The plt descended through a hole in the clouds, and while maneuvering to a precautionary landing the flt encountered fog. The plt lost control of the acft & crashed. The airplane was located at 1835, aprx 6 hrs 48 min after the first ELT signal was received.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3169Q
- Reported as
- Stoltzfus Stileto MK II (STILETO MK)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 001
- Airframe hours
- 85
- Engine
- Subaru EA81, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stoltzfus, John B.
- Registered owner
- Stoltzfus, John B.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1992 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- LAL · Lakeland, 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 60 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TLH, 80 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.