- Date
- January 29, 1989, 15:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Reno, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4639WGulfstream 112TCA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890129001339I
- Case key
- 40975
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane and the cfi's inadequate supervision of the pilot.
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
On fourth power-off approach to touch-and-go landing, the plt overshot the centerline and banked back steeply, dragging wingtip before touchdown. The CFI took control and executed a takeoff and flew around the pattern to land again. It was later discovered that the left wing was bent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4639W
- Reported as
- Gulfstream 112TCA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13169
- Engine
- Lycoming TO-360-C1A6D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jerry A. Howle
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- RNO · Reno, runway 25, 6,101 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 440 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RNO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.