ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 185331
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| Date: | Friday 11 March 2016 |
| Time: | 16:27 |
| Type: |  Remos GX |
| Owner/operator: | New Mexico Sport Aviation LLC |
| Registration: | N28GX |
| MSN: | 356 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2916 hours |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912 ULS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Ohkay Owingeh Airport (E14), Espanola, NM -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Española, NM (E14) |
| Santa Fe, NM (SAF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot was conducting a personal flight in the airport traffic pattern. A witness reported seeing the single-engine airplane enter left traffic for runway 16 and land. The airplane then made a second takeoff and continued to make left turns. The witness reported that, while airplane was turning from the crosswind leg to the downwind leg, he heard a reduction in engine power and saw the airplane descend toward the ground. Another witness reported that he heard the airplane takeoff from the airport and then saw the airplane make a left turn. He stated that, while the airplane was in the left turn, it pitched nose-down and descended toward the ground. The witness also noted that the airplane's engine sounded normal during the flight.
A postaccident examination established that the airplane had impacted the ground in a nose-low attitude and was destroyed by impact and postimpact fire damage. The examination did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane during the flight. Based on the witness descriptions and the impact geometry, it is likely that the pilot did not maintain adequate airspeed during the left turn, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and experiencing an aerodynamic stall at a low altitude.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while operating in the airport traffic pattern, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and experiencing an aerodynamic stall at a low altitude.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N28GX
Location
Images:
Photo(c): NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Mar-2016 04:42 | Geno | Added |
| 12-Mar-2016 07:36 | flightwriter | Updated [Source] |
| 13-Mar-2016 06:51 | flightwriter | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 14-Mar-2016 16:21 | Geno | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 10-Apr-2016 03:22 | Geno | Updated [Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Jan-2017 16:53 | Anon. | Updated [Phase] |
| 30-Dec-2017 08:29 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source] |
| 07-Feb-2018 13:48 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2021 15:28 | Captain Adam | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
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