- Date
- May 5, 1991, 12:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- Morgan, UT
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N134TARichard Cheney Teratorn Tierra II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910505014079A
- Case key
- 41423
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Probable cause
The inadvertant stall and the pilot's steep banked turn. Factors relating to the accident were the pilot's lack of qualification to conduct the flight and the strong tailwind conditions.
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 acft lifted off after a short takeoff roll, climbed to about 200 ft AGL, and the pilot initiated a steep downwind turn in strong wind conditions. The acft stalled, descended nose down, and impacted terrain. The pilot held an expired student pilot certificate.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N134TA
- Reported as
- Richard Cheney Teratorn Tierra II (TERATORN T)
- Category
- Ultralight, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 9473
- Airframe hours
- 135
- Engine
- Rotax 532, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward R. Olson
- Registered owner
- Edward R. Olson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 5, 1986 · 72 hours before
- Departed
- 42U · Morgan, UT
- Airport
- 42U · Morgan County
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.