- Date
- September 17, 1989, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Andreas, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N46216Taylorcraft DCO-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890917035029A
- Case key
- 36481
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed, which resulted in a stall.
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
Taylorcraft, N46216, was departing from a grass airstrip at 50 mph indicated airspeed. After reaching an altitude of 30-50 feet, it lost altitude and crashed into a corn field. The left wing tip, right wing, engine and landing gear were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46216
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft DCO-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William Martin
- Registered owner
- Harold C. Jeppsen
- Destination
- HZL · Hazleton, PA
- Airport
- PA30 · East Penn, runway 27, 1,500 × 100 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 100 in this make and model · 33 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.