- Date
- May 26, 1991, 12:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place
- Kanab, UT
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N515DRDave Ronneberg LONG-EZE
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910526017199A
- Case key
- 41438
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Probable cause
Loss of aircraft control in flight which resulted from the pilot's diverted attention and his failure to maintain proper airspeed.
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 aircraft stalled while the pilot was maneuvering to cut a ribbon in a contest, descended uncontrolled and impacted terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N515DR
- Reported as
- Dave Ronneberg LONG-EZE
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 8
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-GPU, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dave H. Ronneberg
- Registered owner
- Dave H. Ronneberg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- KNB · Kanab, UT
- Airport
- KNB · Kanab
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 74 total · 16 in this make and model · 42 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 16 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Observed at
- SGU, 51 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.