ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 269456
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| Date: | Sunday 7 November 2021 |
| Time: | 15:02 |
| Type: |  Wag-Aero 2 2 Sportsman |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N540AK |
| MSN: | 001 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2018 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Kodiak Municipal Airport (KDK/PAKD), Kodiak, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kodiak Municipal Airport, AK (KDK/PAKD) |
| Kodiak Municipal Airport, AK (KDK/PAKD) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On November 07, 2021, about 1405 Alaska standard time, a Gerald Jones 2+2 homebuilt airplane, N540AK sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Kodiak, Alaska. The pilot and sole occupant was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
Numerous witnesses reported that, shortly after takeoff, the airplane entered a steep right turn, the nose dropped, and the airplane entered a spiraling descent in a near-vertical attitude.
A postaccident examination of the airframe and engine revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. The damage to the airplane and surveillance video were consistent with a near-vertical descent indicative of an aerodynamic stall. Based on the available information, it is likely that the pilot failed to maintain sufficient airspeed while maneuvering, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and a subsequent aerodynamic stall.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while maneuvering, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC22FA005
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The NTSB is investigating the Nov. 7, 2021, crash of a Wag-Aero 2+2 airplane in Kodiak, Alaska.
— NTSB_Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) November 8, 2021
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Nov-2021 06:50 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 08-Nov-2021 08:31 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 08-Nov-2021 15:21 | Geno | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2021 22:38 | Captain Adam | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 09-Sep-2022 13:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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