ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 217200
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| Date: | Saturday 3 November 2018 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  Kitfox S7 Super Sport |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N13NZ |
| MSN: | KA18031360 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2018 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 125 hours |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912ULS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Washoe County west of Pyramid Lake, NV -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Reno/Stead Airp, NV (RTS) |
| Reno/Stead Airp, NV (RTS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial pilot reported that he took off from a dry lake bed with a second airplane for people on the ground to visually compare the two. After a normal flight, the second airplane landed. The pilot flew past the landing spot, pulled into a nose-high attitude, and made a rapid left turn. He pushed on the left rudder control, and the left wing stalled. The pilot attempted to recover from the stall; however, the airplane was at too low of an altitude to recover, and it impacted the ground in a nose-low attitude. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. It is likely that the pilot failed to maintain airspeed during the sharp turn, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a sharp turn at low altitude, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=13NZ
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Nov-2018 20:07 | Geno | Added |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:21 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Damage] |
| 03-Nov-2018 22:54 | Geno | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 23:24 | Geno | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2019 12:42 | aftbit | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jul-2019 18:06 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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