Accident · 1994-05-21

NTSB case MIA94LA146 · MID STATE ULTRA LIGHT CHALLENGER II · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1994-05-21
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: MID STATE ULTRA LIGHT CHALLENGER II (NUNREG)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain airspeed (VS) while landing in turbulent air resulting in an in-flight loss of control (inadvertent stall), and subsequent in-flight collision with terrain.

Source: NTSB case MIA94LA146

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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