- Date
- March 1, 1992, 18:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place
- Winter Haven, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- UNREGD.W. Owens Stitts SA3B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 33134
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Probable cause
Fuel contamination and unsuitable terrain encountered while the pilot was attempting an emergency landing on the airport property.
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 preflighted the acft, took off, flew around the arpt traffic pattern, landed, then boarded a pax. The flt took off again & the eng quit when the flt was aprx 200 ft AGL. The plt restarted the eng but it was not producing power. While returning the acft stalled but the plt recovered. While attempting to land on the arpt property, he pulled up to clear obstacles which were ahead but the acft stalled again & impacted the ground. The day after the accident, an acft mechanic drained a small quantity of fuel from the tank, which was tested & found to be contaminated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- D.W. Owens Stitts SA3B (STITTS SA3)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- DO-11738
- Airframe hours
- 130
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-11, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Deal, Carl P.
- Registered owner
- See Narrative
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- AAIP · November 19, 1990 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- GIF
- Airport
- GIF · Winter Haven'S Gilbert
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 40 in this make and model · 8,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAL, 15 nm away