- Date
- October 7, 1987, 08:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- Edwall, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N819MKKlien Avid Flyer
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871007059089A
- Case key
- 40746
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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.
Analysis
While on a VFR final apch for lndg, the plt was watching for pwr lines which had to be cleared & diverted his attention from his airspeed. After clearing the pwr lines, the acft stalled & crashed on a roadway. The acft was not equipped with a stall warning system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N819MK
- Reported as
- Klien Avid Flyer
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 155
- Airframe hours
- 37
- Engine
- Rotax 532LC, 60 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Martin F. Klein
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 24, 1987 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- Edwall, WA
- Airport
- Klein Airstrip, runway 20, 1,452 × 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 71 total · 34 in this make and model · 47 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.