ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 284394
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 August 2007 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Aero Designs Pulsar 912XP |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N912GR |
| MSN: | 329 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1995 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 0 hours |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912UL |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Plato Center, Illinois -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Plato Center, IL (LL53) |
| Plato Center, IL (LL53) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot allowed the approach speed to deteriorate during landing, causing an unrecoverable loss in altitude. The pilot made an off-field landing into a corn field.
Probable Cause: the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed. Factors were the pilot's lack of familiarity with the aircraft and pilot's failure to maintain altitude.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI07CA275
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 December 2017 | N912GR | Private | 0 | East of Olson Airport (LL53), Plato Center, IL | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 30-Sep-2022 16:05 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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