- Date
- December 17, 1989, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lynch, NE
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6874HPiper J3C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891217051359A
- Case key
- 34878
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
Airspeed was not maintained by the pilot resulting in a stall/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
The pilot occupying rear seat and the passenger occupying front seat took off from a farm strip near Lynch, Nebraska. After completing a touch and go landing, the airplane impacted the ground one mile west of Lynch. The investigation revealed no evidence of system or power plant malfunction. The propeller exhibited evidence of power at impact. No medical or toxicological factors were identified.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6874H
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20085
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frank Pfeifer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 800 total · 800 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 9 °F, dew point 1 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SWO, 27 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.