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Event CHI89FA155

1989-08-01 FOND DU LAC, Wisconsin, United States Airport · FLD Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N385L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DIAMOND AIRCRAFT DA 42 NG

Year of manufacture

2023

Engine

AUSTRO E4 SERIES (168 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20230712

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A46ED7

Registrant of record

BRICKYARD CONNECTION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

FAILURE OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TO ASSURE THAT ADEQUATE AIRSPEED WAS MAINTAINED DURING THE TURN TO FINAL APPROACH, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL/SPIN. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1989_CHI89FA155.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 or causal vocabulary (stall). 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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