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Event ATL89DLT04

1989-07-09 BUTLER, Tennessee, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8336

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

RONALD C LIND RCL-11

Year of manufacture

2026

Engine

CONT MOTOR C85-12F (85 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20260404

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB66A9

Registrant of record

LIND RONALD C

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE FROM THE SURFACE DURING AN IMPROMPTU ACROBATIC MANEUVER.

Factual narrative

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD INITIATED AN IMMELMAN. DURING THE MANEUVER HE CHANGED HIS MIND. HE ATTEMPTED TO COMPLETE THE MANEUVER WITH A LOOP. THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO RECOVER AND HE CRASHED INTO THE LAKE. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1989_ATL89DLT04.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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