Concrete Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Concrete, Washington 98237
Sunday, May 21, 1989 13:26 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PILOT STATED HE MADE A LOW PASS OVER THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH TREES ON CLIMBOUT. WITNESSES SAID HE WAS DOING LOW LEVEL AEROBATIC MANEUVERS AT THE TIME.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

AN IMPROPER LOW PASS AND CLEARANCE WITH TREES MISJUDGED BY PILOT.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 5/21/1989
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1326
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City CONCRETE
Event State WASHINGTON
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 98237
Event Date Year 1989
Event Date Month 5
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport CONCRETE MUNICIPAL
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation --
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) 30
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 24
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 270
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 10
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Minor
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor 1
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 209
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date May 21 1989 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1420
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 38527
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 12:42PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N445CB
NTSB Number SEA89LA091
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name PAZMANY
Aircraft Model PL-4A
Aircraft Series Identifier PL-4A
Aircraft Serial Number 75
Certified Max Gross Weight 950
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? Yes
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 1
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jun 20 1988 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 124
Airframe Hours 260
ELT Installed No
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name CRAIG B HAWS
Aircraft Owner Street Address 450 PRAIRIE LANE
Aircraft Owner City SEDRO WOOLEY
Aircraft Owner State WA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 98284
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name CRAIG B HAWS
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 450 PRAIRIE LANE
Operator City SEDRO WOLLEY
Operator State WA
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 98284
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 Yes
Departure Airport Code
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 1325
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Maneuvering
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 25
Runway Length 2580
Runway Width 60
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --