- Date
- June 15, 1990, 15:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place
- Danbury, CT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76KKConsolidated Aeronautics LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900615020529A
- Case key
- 36537
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Probable cause
The inadvertent stall. A factor was the pilot's misjudgement of the landing flare.
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.
Hard landing
Flare - misjudgedFactor
Porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation - inadvertent
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintained
Stall - inadvertentCause
Nose over
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76KK
- Reported as
- Consolidated Aeronautics LA-4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1034
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lakeland Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- OXC · Oxford, CT
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 928 total · 893 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 167 °F, dew point 138 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DXR, 10 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.