ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267822
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| Date: | Friday 17 September 2021 |
| Time: | 08:00 |
| Type: |  Boeing-Stearman PT-13B Stearman Kaydet (A75) |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N19BB |
| MSN: | 75-293 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1940 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4872 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R985-AN1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Delta, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Delta-Blake Field, CO (KAJZ) |
| Delta-Blake Field, CO (KAJZ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On September 17, 2021, about 0800 central daylight time, a Boeing A75 airplane, N19BB, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Delta, Colorado. The pilot sustained fatal injuries. The flight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 Federal Code of Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight.
The pilot took off and proceeded to an area northeast of the airport where he began performing aerobatic maneuvers. Witnesses reported that the airplane began a loop maneuver and, at the top of the loop while inverted, the airplane entered a flat spin. They observed the airplane recover from the spin. The airplane then gained altitude and entered another loop. At the top of that loop, while inverted, the airplane entered another flat spin, but this time the pilot did not recover. The airplane descended to impact with rugged terrain. The witnesses reported that the engine could be heard running during the descent to the point of impact.
A postaccident examination revealed no preaccident failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The pilot had used the sedating antihistamine diphenhydramine, which has a potential to cause cognitive and psychomotor slowing and drowsiness. There was insufficient evidence to determine whether the pilot was experiencing impairing diphenhydramine effects at the time of the crash, and no specific evidence that pilot impairment contributed to the crash.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s loss of control during an aerobatic maneuver, resulting in the airplane impacting terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.nbc11news.com/2021/09/17/small-plane-crash-outside-delta-results-fatality/
https://kdvr.com/news/pilot-found-dead-after-delta-county-small-plane-crash/
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=19BB
https://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N19BB
https://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=21776
https://www.aircraft.com/aircraft/1293599/n19bb-boeing-slash-stearman-a75-n1
https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/Airframe/Gallery/0/59/0000059921.jpg (photo)
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Sep-2021 18:22 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 17-Sep-2021 21:04 | Captain Adam | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Embed code] |
| 18-Sep-2021 03:43 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2021 09:51 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code, Damage] |
| 19-Sep-2021 07:41 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
| 19-Sep-2021 07:42 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source] |
| 19-Sep-2021 11:26 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2021 15:40 | RobertMB | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2021 18:54 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Registration, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2021 20:55 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Sep-2021 06:27 | johnwg | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2021 01:52 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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