- Date
- November 3, 1990, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Concord, NH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7165YMarier Early Bird Jenny
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 10, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901103048619A
- Case key
- 36763
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall spin. A factor related to the accident was: the pilot's lack of experience in the make and model of aircraft.
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
The pilot was testing his new homebuilt airplane, which was not equipped with a stall warning horn. The airplane was observed to takeoff & enter a left turn at a slow airspeed, then it entered a left spin. Recovery was not accomplished before ground impact. No evidence of a pre-existing failure or malfunction was found. The pilot had previously owned an airplane with a stall warning horn.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7165Y
- Reported as
- Marier Early Bird Jenny (EARLY BIRD)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 105
- Airframe hours
- 2
- Engine
- Subaru EA81, 70 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Marier
- Registered owner
- Robert Marier
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 31, 1990 · 2 hours before
- Airport
- CON · Concord, runway 3, 3,999 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 1 in this make and model · 950 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CON, 1 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.