Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary MKC85LA204

BOONE, IA, USA

Aircraft #1

N16LB

GRUMMAN AA5

Analysis

AFTER DEPARTING LAPORTE CITY AIRPORT THE PLT OF THE ACFT PROCEEDED TO HIS DESTINATION AIRPORT DESPITE DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THIS DESTINATION. THE PLT STATED HE SHOULD NOT HAVE PROCEEDED INTO POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS. WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE AIRPORT AS REPORTED BY THE AIRPORT MANAGER WERE VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE IN FOG. AT THE TIME HE HEARED AND SAW THE ACFT. HE ALSO OBSERVED THE ACFT BANKED NEAR VERTICAL AS THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LANDING TO THE AIRPORT RUNWAY. THE ACFT WAS THEN OBSERVED DESCENDING UNTIL IMPACTING THE GROUND. THE PLT STATED HE DIDN'T REALIZE HE HAD STALLED THE ACFT.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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