- Date
- August 13, 1991, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Nantucket, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7376Beckloff Baby ACE D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910813033889A
- Case key
- 36761
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
No narrative included.
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Flight controls - improper use ofCause
Overconfidence in personal abilityFactor
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall/spin - inadvertentCause
Altitude - inadequateCause
Remedial action - not possible
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - rising
Analysis
No narrative included.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7376
- Reported as
- Beckloff Baby ACE D
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 29945
- Airframe hours
- 1,100
- Engine
- Continental C-90, 95 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jonathan C. Johnsen
- Registered owner
- Stephen P. Walker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- MA72 · Tuckernuck Il., MA
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,850 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ACK, 9 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.