ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 364996
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Date: | Thursday 4 July 1991 |
Time: | 12:00 LT |
Type: | Lgs Aviation, Inc. CGS HAWK |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | UNREG |
MSN: | |
Engine model: | KAWASAKI TA440A-F204 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Crane, TX -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Odessa, TX (NONE) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE PILOT OF THE UNREGISTERED AIRPLANE WAS PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDING FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE BANKED STEEPLY AND DESCENDED VERTICALLY TO IMPACT. ALTHOUGH THE HOMEBUILT AIRPLANE WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT AS AN ULTRALIGHT, IT HAD BEEN MODIFIELD BY THE PILOT/BUILDER. THESE CHANGES RESULTED IN WEIGHT AND FUEL CAPACITY EXCEEDING SPECIFICATION FOR AN ULTRALIGHT. NO PILOT OR MEDICAL CERTIFICATION HAD BEEN OBTAINED BY THE PILOT.
Probable Cause: THE INADVERTENT STALL.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | FTW91DQG01 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 9 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB FTW91DQG01
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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