Accident · 1997-06-21
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-06-21
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- UNKNOWN KOLB FIRESTAR II (NUNREG)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- RICHARD J. CLARKE Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- RICHARD J. CLARKE
Probable cause
Inadvertent stall by the pilot while turning from the upwind to the crosswind leg. Contributing to the accident was the pilots lack of total experience in the make and model airplane.
Source: NTSB case MIA97LA192Flight 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.