- Date
- December 7, 1990, 15:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- Olympia, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1041Robinson Wenoso
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901207053209A
- Case key
- 41371
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The inadvertant stall/spin and loss of aircraft control by the pilot in command while performing aerobatic maneuvers.
Analysis
While the pilot was performing aerobatic maneuvers, the acft stalled, entered a spin and impacted the ground in a vertical nose down attitude.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1041
- Reported as
- Robinson Wenoso
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- H.S 1
- Engine
- Continental A65-8-F, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mathew J Kimbrel
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Destination
- NONE · Oakville, WA
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 455 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 14,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OLM, 3 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.