- Date
- January 29, 1989, 10:06 local (18:06 UTC)
- Place
- Minden, NV
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N48688Aeronca O-58B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890129001439A
- Case key
- 40912
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed and airplane control. Contributing to the accident was the mountainous terrain and mountain wave conditions.
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 climbing into mountainous terrain, plt experienced strong headwind on lee side of crest (mountain wave). The acft was observed to be flying at a slow groundspeed 100-150 ft above the terrain before it stalled and spun.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48688
- Reported as
- Aeronca O-58B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11903
- Airframe hours
- 1,138
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8F, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Vincent X. Golden
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 17, 1988 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- PVF · Placerville, CA
- Destination
- B08 · Silver Springs, NV
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,138 total · 364 in this make and model · 1,943 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TVL, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.