- Date
- July 11, 1990, 19:55 local (Jul 12, 1990, 02:55 UTC)
- Place
- Boulder City, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N44PVLarsen Charles Bennett Phoenix Vendetta LS
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900711025109A
- Case key
- 41235
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Probable cause
Pilot did not maintain an adequate airspeed while in the pattern for landing which resulted in the airplane entering 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
At the end of a cross country flight, the experimental home built airplane was on a downwind for one runway, when the airplane suddenly made a sharp right turn. The nose of the airplane pitched up then down almost vertical to the ground. The airplane spiraled to the ground. There were no reported mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44PV
- Reported as
- Larsen Charles Bennett Phoenix Vendetta LS (PHOENIX VE)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 0051PV
- Airframe hours
- 33
- Engine
- Hirth F30, 97 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larsen Charles Bennett
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- CDC · Cedar City, UT
- Airport
- BLD · Boulder City, runway 15, 3,850 × 75 ft, dirt
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 602 total · 30 in this make and model · 574 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 102 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAS, 16 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.