- Date
- April 8, 1995, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeland, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N89JGGarrison Kolb Twinstar
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950408007269A
- Case key
- 37749
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed resulting in the inadvertent stall. Contributing to the accident was complacency by the pilot while on short final approach to land.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he became complacent while on short final approach to land and the airplane stalled and crashed short of the runway. He further stated that there was no preimpact engine or airframe failure or malfunction.
Factual narrative
On April 8, 1995, about 0930 eastern daylight time, a homebuilt Kolb Twinstar, N89JG, registered to James W. Garrison, stalled and crashed at the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, Lakeland, Florida, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the flight. The private-rated pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The flight originated about 0800 from the Arthur Dunn Air Park, Titusville, Florida.
The pilot stated that he became complacent and while on short final approach to land, the airplane stalled and crashed just short of the runway. He further stated that there was no airframe or engine preimpact failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89JG
- Reported as
- Garrison Kolb Twinstar (KOLB TWINS)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 0001
- Airframe hours
- 290
- Engine
- Rotax 532DC, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Garrison, James W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 1994 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- X21 · Titusville, FL
- Airport
- LAL · Lakeland Linder Regional, runway 9, 1,500 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 702 total · 2 in this make and model · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAL, 1 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.