Serial/Construction #: 354
Civil Registry:
  N302FM

Model: CM.170 Magister
Status: Destroyed
Last Info: 1990

History:
Delivered to Armée de l'Air as 254, 19??.
Basler Flight Service Inc, Oshkosh, WI, June 1987.
- Registered as N302FM.
First Options Inc, Kalamazoo, MI, 1988.
James R. Porter, Hinsdale, IL, 1988-1990.
- Crashed on landing approach, destroyed, Oshkosh, WI, July 26, 1990.

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NTSB Identification: CHI90LA199
Accident occurred Thursday, July 26, 1990 in OSHKOSH, WI
Probable Cause Approval Date: 09/15/1992
Aircraft: Fouga FOUGA-MAGISTER, registration: N302FM
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.

ON TURNING FROM BASE TO FINAL THE PILOT ALLOWED THE AIRSPEED TO DECAY. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE AN EXCESSIVE SINK RATE AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE TURN WHILE ADDING FULL POWER. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SINK AND STALLED JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT WITH THE TERRAIN. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER REPORTED NO INJURIES, HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:

THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER AIRSPEED IN TURN FROM BASE TO FINAL.