- Date
- May 21, 1989, 13:26 local (20:26 UTC)
- Place
- Concrete, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N445CBPazmany PL-4A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890521012929A
- Case key
- 41017
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Probable cause
An improper low pass and clearance with trees misjudged by 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
After takeoff, the pilot stated he made a low pass over the runway and collided with trees on climbout. Witnesses said he was doing low level aerobatic maneuvers at the time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N445CB
- Reported as
- Pazmany PL-4A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 75
- Airframe hours
- 260
- Engine
- Continental A-75, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Craig B Haws
- Registered owner
- Craig B Haws
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 20, 1988 · 124 hours before
- Airport
- Concrete Municipal, runway 25, 2,580 × 60 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
- 40
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 9,500 total · 124 in this make and model · 9,250 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.