Accident Oldfield Baby Great Lakes N2039,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 38973
 
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Date:Sunday 2 July 1989
Time:11:55
Type:Oldfield Baby Great Lakes
Owner/operator:private
Registration: N2039
MSN: 1945TRW
Total airframe hrs:209 hours
Engine model:CONTINENTAL C-85-12
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Clermont, FL -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Zellwood, FL (X61)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED TO FLY OVER THE airport FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST & ENTER A DESCENDING RGT TURN (DOWNWIND) TO A BASE & FINAL APCH. WHILE FLYING AT SLOW SPEED ON FINAL APCH, THE ENG WAS HEARD TO HESITATE, THEN INCREASE IN POWER. THE ACFT'S RIGHT WING THEN DROPPED & THE PLANE ENTERED A SPIN TO THE RIGHT, FROM WHICH IT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE ACFT WAS FOUND. CAUSE: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL/SPIN. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE PILOT'S LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN THE AIRCRAFT.

Sources:

NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X28886

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Oct-2008 10:30 ASN archive Added
21-Dec-2016 19:23 ASN Update Bot Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency]

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