- Date
- April 19, 1988, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Grace, ID
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7657VRockwell A-9B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40806
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt/owner not certificated for aerial application. No record found of prior experience in aerial application. Replaced certificated plt for undet reason. Witnesses observed acft enter stall/spin during first aerial application turnaround maneuver in strong crosswind. Tox showed therapeutic level of diazepam (valium).
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7657V
- Reported as
- Rockwell A-9B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1385
- Airframe hours
- 3,075
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-G1C5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Lloyd K. Wilson
- Registered owner
- Krech, Leonard G.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 4, 1988 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- U90 · Grace, ID
- Airport
- U90 · Grace Community
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,109 total · 25 in this make and model · 2,940 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- U78, 6 nm away