ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 300282
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| Date: | Friday 28 October 2022 |
| Time: | 12:43 |
| Type: |  Zenith CH 750 Cruzer |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N820RC |
| MSN: | C75 11 100 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2021 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Warren Airport (62D), Southington, OH -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Warren Airport, OH (62D) |
| Warren Airport, OH (62D) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On October 28, 2022, at 1243 eastern daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Zenith CH 750 Cruzer, N820RC, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Southington, Ohio. The sport pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
According to another pilot at the airport on the day of the accident, the accident pilot departed with the intention of staying in the traffic pattern. The airport manager reported that the pilot typically took off from the asphalt runway and landed on the turf runway; the pilot at the airport observed the accident airplane take off from the asphalt runway and turn left, consistent with entering left traffic for the turf runway. There were no known witnesses to the accident. The airplane wreckage came to rest on the extended base leg of the traffic pattern for the turf runway, consistent with overshooting the turn to the final leg of the traffic pattern.
Examination of the wreckage revealed no preexisting mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. The wind at the time of the accident would have resulted in a left quartering tailwind for the base leg of the traffic pattern. Although there was no flight track data for the flight, given the witness statement and the wreckage location, it is likely that the pilot was planning to land on the turf runway. The wreckage location and wind conditions were consistent with the pilot overshooting the final approach leg and entering a cross-controlled aerodynamic stall while trying to return to the final approach path. Therefore, it’s likely that, while maneuvering to align with the runway during the base to final turn, the pilot failed to maintain the proper airspeed, which resulted in the exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack and the airplane entering an aerodynamic stall at an altitude that was too low to recover.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain proper airspeed while maneuvering in the airport traffic pattern and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at an altitude that was too low to recover.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.wfmj.com/story/47601395/pilot-dies-after-plane-crashes-in-southington
https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/northeast-ohio/pilot-life-threatening-injuries-plane-crash-trumbull-county/95-43d4f570-8c8f-4d09-83b8-2b22a6f4e912
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106224
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumbertxt=820RC
Location
Images:
Photo: Ohio State Highway Patrol
Media:
NTSB is investigating the Oct. 30 crash of a Zenith CH75 near Warren, Ohio.
— NTSB Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) October 31, 2022
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2022 20:02 | harro | Added |
| 29-Oct-2022 06:43 | harro | Updated [Registration, Source] |
| 31-Oct-2022 20:12 | shane | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2022 20:38 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
| 20-Apr-2024 21:26 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative, Accident report] |
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