Sayer Farms Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Templeton, California 93465
Sunday, July 4, 1993 14:45 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE PILOT SAID THAT AS HE FLARED FOR LANDING THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF AIRSPEED WHICH RESULTED IN A LOW ALTITUDE STALL. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER BY ADDING POWER. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MANTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT INTENTIONALLY STALLED THE AIRPLANE AS IT BECAME APPARENT THAT HE WAS GOING TO HIT A FENCE NEXT TO THE RUNWAY.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN CORRECT AIRSPEED. FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ACCIDENT WERE THE IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING AND NOT MAINTAINING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/4/1993
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1445
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City TEMPLETON
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 93465
Event Date Year 1993
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport SAYER FARMS
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 1150
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 0
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 50
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 32
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 200
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 15
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 20
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 368
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jul 4 1993 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1525
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 52027
Date of most recent change to record Dec 11 2000 1:28PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N5036L
NTSB Number LAX93LA275
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BELLANCA
Aircraft Model 8KCAB
Aircraft Series Identifier 8KCAB
Aircraft Serial Number 475-79
Certified Max Gross Weight 1800
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jan 29 1993 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 19
Airframe Hours 1136
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name R. SCOTT & SUSAN M. SAYER
Aircraft Owner Street Address 6150 ALMOND DRIVE
Aircraft Owner City TEMPLETON
Aircraft Owner State CA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 93465
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name R. SCOTT & SUSAN M. SAYER
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address 6150 ALMOND DRIVE
Operator City TEMPLETON
Operator State CA
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 93465
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code 041
Departure City WOODLAND
Departure State CA
Departure Country
Departure Time 1250
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:34AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 18
Runway Length 2200
Runway Width 50
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --