ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 41296
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| Date: | Monday 15 July 1996 |
| Time: | 19:15 LT |
| Type: |  Champion 7GCB |
| Owner/operator: | Owen E. Duke Iii |
| Registration: | N9908Y |
| MSN: | 122 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4391 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-A2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fairhope, AL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The passenger stated the pilot descended the aircraft toward the water, then entered a steep climb. The passenger then noticed the aircraft was descending in a near vertical descent toward the water, where it crashed. Witnesses observed the aircraft descending toward the water, then pull up into a steep climb. After reaching about 200 feet, the right wing and nose dropped, and the aircraft descended nose first until impact with the water. Other witnesses had observed the aircraft in wing-over maneuvers at a low altitude over the water on the day before. Friends of the passenger, who flew with the pilot the day before, stated he had been performing wing-over maneuvers close to the water. At the time of the accident, the aircraft was estimated to be 97 pounds over the maximum allowable gross weight. Postcrash examination of the aircraft showed no evidence pre-crash failure or malfunction of the aircraft structure, floats, flight controls, or engine.
Probable Cause: failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed, while manuevering at low altitude, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and uncontrolled impact with the water. The pilot's ostentatious display and the lack of altitude to recover from a stall were related factors.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA96FA185
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 June 1989 | N1652G | Barnstormers Flt. Signs, Inc | 0 | Myrtle Beach, SC | |
sub |
| 20 September 1991 | N9908Y | Private | Frankston, TX | |
non | |
| 25 June 1992 | N1652G | Green Castle Aviation, Inc. | 0 | Oxford, IA | |
sub |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 09-Apr-2024 05:40 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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