- Date
- March 15, 1992, 17:35 local (Mar 16, 1992, 01:35 UTC)
- Place
- Winthrop, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N86952Ercoupe 415-D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920315006199A
- Case key
- 41572
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Probable cause
The student pilot's alcoholic impairment of efficiency and judgement resulting in his failure to maintain airspeed during a go-around.
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 surviving right seat passenger, a private pilot with about 440 hrs total flight time, stated that the student pilot/acft owner was performing a go-around when the acft stalled, turned left, descended uncontrolled, struck a tree by the runway, and impacted the ground. The toxicology report on the student pilot revealed a blood alcohol level of 0.191%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86952
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 125
- Engine
- Continental C-75, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Johnson, Wayne L.
- Registered owner
- Johnson, Wayne L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- 2S0 · Twisp, WA
- Airport
- S52 · Methow Valley State, runway 12, 5,050 × 50 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 30 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EAT, 70 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.