- Date
- March 15, 1990, 08:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Ashland, OR
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N39205Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900315004259A
- Case key
- 41175
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Probable cause
Pilot displayed poor inflight planning and decisions by allowing the airplane's speed to deteriorate to the point that the airplane stalled. The pilot could not fully correct the situation due to a loss of altitude and insufficient clearance from the terrain.
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
During a pleasure flight, the pilot reported that he and his passenger were sightseeing as the airplane was climbing to altitude. The flight was paralleling a ridgeline that converged into a canyon. When the airplane attained a sufficient altitude to clear the ridgeline, the pilot began a turn to the right intending to complete a 180 degree turn. During the turn the airplane stalled. The pilot recovered from the stall; however, the airplane lost enough altitude that it was now below the ridgeline. The pilot continued the turn; however, the airplane did not have sufficient airspeed or altitude to clear the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39205
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6459
- Airframe hours
- 1,510
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peile, Kelly T.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 11, 1990 · 16 hours before
- Destination
- RDD · Redding, CA
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 270 total · 205 in this make and model · 220 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.