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FTW90LA039

1989-12-04 · STEPHENVILLE, Texas, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport SEP

N150RA has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (DESTINY 2000 POWERED PARACHU, built 2000), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED DURING A GO-AROUND WHICH RESULTED IN A STALL.

Factual narrative

THE PILOT WAS ON A SOLO INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT TO BUILD UP FLIGHT TIME TOWARD A HIGHER RATING. ON THE SECOND LANDING OF THIS FLIGHT, THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED AND THE PILOT STARTED A GO AROUND. THE AIRPLANE STALLED, STARTED A TURN TO THE LEFT, IMPACTED TREES AND THEN THE TERRAIN. THE PILOT STATED THAT EVERYTHING WENT BLANK BEFORE THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1989_FTW90LA039.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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