- Date
- April 17, 1991, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Spokane, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9750ZGrumman G-21A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 41413
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command did not maintain directional control of the airplane. Factors were: the pic's inadequate compensate for the wind, his limited flight expereince in this type of airplane, and the check airman's poor supervision.
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
The pilot in-command did not maintain directional control of the airplane. Factors were the pic's inadequate compensation for the wind, his limited flight expereince in this type of airplane, and the check airman's poor supervision.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9750Z
- Reported as
- Grumman G-21A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- B-32
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Loel Fenwick
- Registered owner
- Loel Fenwick
- Airport
- GEG · Spokane Intl, runway 7, 8,199 × 150 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 645 total · 6 in this make and model · 525 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
Other investigations on N9750Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.