- Date
- July 9, 1991, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Franconia, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5237GCessna L-19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910709054049A
- Case key
- 36961
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed, which resulted in a stall/spin and in flight collision with trees. Factors related to the accident were the improper in-flight planning by the pilot and the pilot's failure to compensate for winds and downdraft.
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 released the glider about 1000 feet above the terrain. He started a descending turn away from the glider and towards the ridge. The pilot said, 'I started to pull back on the controls with no response. I pulled hard and went into a spin...[I] pulled out in time and hit the tops of the trees...'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5237G
- Reported as
- Cessna L-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22770
- Engine
- Continental O-470-1182, 213 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Stanley Parker, Jr.
- Registered owner
- Stanley Parker, Jr.
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 346 total · 21 in this make and model · 300 as pilot in command · 140 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 40 knots
- Visibility
- 99 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5237G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.