- Date
- September 20, 1992, 17:15 local (Sep 21, 1992, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Puyallup, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- CFSJAAnderson Vans RV-6
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 42904
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to configure the acft for landing (lowering of flaps) and maintain airspeed above stall during final approach for landing.
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 flt departed chehalis, WA, on a VFR flt to boundry bay, cd, and the pilot landed at Puyallup, WA, when he encountered adverse weather en route. After a delay, the pilot took off to continue the flt. The acft returned to the arpt after a few minutes in flt and entered the traffic pattern for landing. While on final approach at a low altitude AGL, the acft stalled, descended nose down and impacted the ground at a private residence. The flaps were in the up position in the wreckage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CFSJA
- Reported as
- Anderson Vans RV-6
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 20016
- Airframe hours
- 132
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A2F, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Anderson, John S.
- Registered owner
- Anderson, John S.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1991 · 132 hours before
- Departed
- 1S0 · Puyallup, WA
- Destination
- YBB · Boundry Bay
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 1S0 · Pierce County
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 672 total · 132 in this make and model · 641 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SEA, 20 nm away