- Date
- July 25, 1990, 08:20 local (14:20 UTC)
- Place
- Linch, WY
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N210EXWheeler Technology FT-210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900725028809A
- Case key
- 41119
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft and/or correct the stall/spin.
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
This prototype of a kit aircraft was being flown en route to the oshkosh air show for display. A witness saw the aircraft moments before it crashed. According to him, the aircraft was in a spin before impact. No preimpact part failure or malfunction of the aircraft or engine was found during the investigation. The pilot was reported to have made statements about doing aerobatics during the flight, but there was also indications that he may have been merely making the statements to tease an employee, who was scheduled to be on the flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N210EX
- Reported as
- Wheeler Technology FT-210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 001023
- Engine
- Continental IO-360, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wheeler Technology, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- RIW · Riverton, WY
- Destination
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,274 total · 753 in this make and model · 1,190 as pilot in command · 170 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CPR, 45 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.