- Date
- October 14, 1991, 17:06 local (21:06 UTC)
- Place
- Townshend, VT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5014MTaylorcraft BC12D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911014050829A
- Case key
- 37090
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Probable cause
The pilot allowed the speed of the airplane to get too slow, resulting in inadvertent stall at too low an altitude to allow recovery.
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
Just after takeoff the pilot said he made a right turn at about 200 feet AGL. As he leveled the wings the nose of the airplane pitched up and the airplane stalled. The pilot was unable to recover and impacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5014M
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10314
- Airframe hours
- 1,642
- Engine
- Continental C-90, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Matthew Onyon
- Registered owner
- Matthew Onyon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 6, 1991 · 67 hours before
- Destination
- EEN · Keene, NH
- Airport
- VT43 · Onyon, runway 12, 2,000 × 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 178 in this make and model · 383 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.