- Date
- February 25, 1989, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Olcott, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N60201Taylorcraft L-2M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890225002619A
- Case key
- 36380
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Probable cause
The inattentiveness of the pilot to maintain airspeed while turning base leg for landing which resulted in a stall and subsequent collision with a hangar.
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
While on downwind leg, the pilot stated, he stopped paying attention to his airspeed because of the beautiful day. When he banked left to turn base leg the aircraft stalled. During recovery from the stall the aircraft collided with a hangar.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60201
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft L-2M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- L5664
- Airframe hours
- 1,353
- Engine
- Continental O-170-3, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul Trudnowski, doing business as Trudie'S Aaero Service
- Registered owner
- Paul Trudnowski
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 25, 1988 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- Olcutt, NY
- Airport
- D80 · Palmer, runway 9, 2,525 × 60 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 793 total · 92 in this make and model · 611 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.