- Date
- April 13, 1990, 15:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place
- Wichita, KS
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N31481Daniels BD-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900413008849A
- Case key
- 34867
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain flying speed which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin resulting in 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
Witnesses said that the acft was observed flying at a slow speed about 40 to 80 feet AGL, shortly after takeoff. The acft then pitched nose down and collided with the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31481
- Reported as
- Daniels BD-4
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 539
- Engine
- Lycoming O36-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Martin Wallace E.
- Registered owner
- Wallace Eugene Martin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 11, 1990 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- 71K · Wichita, KS
- Destination
- 71K · Wichita, KS
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,800 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 20 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ICT, 3 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.