- Date
- May 7, 1987, 19:00 local (May 8, 1987, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gleneden Beach, OR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3769GWoehrle FLUT-R-BUG SA6B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870507012399A
- Case key
- 40620
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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
Aircraft handling - improperCause
StallCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Immediately after takeoff and while engaged in a tight climbing turn at low alt the pilot allowed the aircraft to enter a stall condition. Plt failed to recover before impacting the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3769G
- Reported as
- Woehrle FLUT-R-BUG SA6B (FLUT-R-BUG)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- JW-1
- Engine
- Continental 65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George W. Williams
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- S45 · Gleneden Beach, OR
- Destination
- OR04 · Waldport, OR
- Airport
- S45 · Siletz Bay State, runway 35, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
N3769GRegistration cancelled Jul 9, 2013 · Woehrle FLUT-R-BUG SA6BAirframe modelWoehrle FLUT-R-BUG SA6BEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.