- Date
- October 14, 1990, 10:52 local (14:52 UTC)
- Place
- Gilbertsville, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2224NJames Cote Kolb Twinstar MK II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901014044989A
- Case key
- 36755
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft after an interuption of power.
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
A witness stated, '...the aircraft made a normal takeoff. At approximately 100', the engine sputtered. The pilot lowered the nose and the engine picked up again. The pilot started a slow left turn and the aircraft stalled and entered a spin. Aircraft struck the ground nose down, near vertical.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2224N
- Reported as
- James Cote Kolb Twinstar MK II (KOLB TWINS)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- TSO112
- Airframe hours
- 184
- Engine
- Rotax 503, 47 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Huganir, Bruce L.
- Registered owner
- Huganir, Bruce L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 6, 1990 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- N62
- Airport
- N62 · New Hanover, runway 13, 2,455 × 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 225 total · 93 in this make and model · 145 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDG, 22 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.