- Date
- August 23, 1992, 15:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place
- Suffern, NY
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N27558Taylorcraft BC-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920823032539A
- Case key
- 37217
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin. Factors related to the accident were the pilot's overconfidence in his abilities, and buzzing.
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 flew low and made steep banked turns over his father's house. During one steep turn, the airplane stalled and entered an inadvertent stall/spin. During the descent, the airplane struck a utility pole and then the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27558
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2200
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul K. Nozell
- Registered owner
- Paul K. Nozell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- 4NY1 · Chester, NY
- Destination
- 44N · Millbrook, NY
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 100 in this make and model · 190 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 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.