- Date
- April 22, 1992, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- St. Augustine, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Other
- Aircraft
- N13910Piper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920422010659A
- Case key
- 33086
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain airspeed while buzzing which resulted in the aircraft stalling and entering a spin.
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 the airplane made two passes near a marina at approx 100 ft. on the second pass, from west to east, the airplane pulled up sharply, and the engine power was heard increasing. At approx 400 ft, the aircraft stalled and entered a spin to the left into the water. Pilot's toxicological tests were positive; 0.002 ug/ml tetrahydrocannabinol carboxylic acid (marijuana) in blood.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13910
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7409055
- Airframe hours
- 2,436
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael L. King
- Registered owner
- Harold Hendry, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 28, 1992 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- SGJ · St. Augustine, 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,100 total · 1 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG, 25 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.