- Date
- October 4, 1992, 08:25 local (15:25 UTC)
- Place
- Baker, OR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N111CCarlson Midget Mustang
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921004039869A
- Case key
- 42948
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Probable cause
An inadvertent stall/spin by the pilot in command. A factor contributing to the accident was the pilot in command's lack of recent experience.
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 was observed to execute a low pass up runway 34 at the Baker airport after which a climbing left turn to downwind was executed. A witness reported observing the aircraft pitch nose up and roll left wing down at about the time the aircraft was transitioning from downwind to base turn. The aircraft then descended steeply to the ground reversing course during the descent. There was no evidence of any powerplant nor airframe malfunction. The pilot was reported to have flown the aircraft for a total of about 16 hours since its certification in June of 1992. Additionally, the pilot reported on his July 1992 medical application that he had 1500 hours of total flight time and no flight time within the previous 6 months.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N111C
- Reported as
- Carlson Midget Mustang (MIDGET MUS)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 288
- Airframe hours
- 16
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carlson, Robert C.
- Registered owner
- Carlson, Robert C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · June 24, 1992 · 16 hours before
- Airport
- BKE · Baker Municipal
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 16 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Wind
- 270° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.