ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 67822
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| Date: | Saturday 8 August 2009 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: |  Fairchild PT-19A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N54804 |
| MSN: | 6543AE |
| Engine model: | Fairchild 6-440 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Meadow Lake Airport (00V), CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Colorado Springs, CO (00V) |
| Colorado Springs, CO (00V) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane departed Runway 33 (6,000 feet by 60 feet, asphalt, with a slight upslope). Witnesses reported that the airplane "never got more than about 50 feet in the air". The airplane then impacted terrain and came to rest just beyond the departure end of the runway. Fuel was present at the site and the airplane's engine and right wing had been torn from the fuselage during the accident, resulting in substantial damage. The Federal Aviation Administration inspector who responded to the accident site stated that the airplane's wooden propeller was in "splinters" and that there "didn’t appear to be any control problems". The density altitude was calculated to be 9,590 feet. The pilot failed to submit the requested NTSB form 6120.1, Pilot/Operator Accident/Incident Report.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed to avoid an aerodynamic stall during a high-density altitude takeoff.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
Taken about 10 minutes after pilot was airlifted to hospital.
Taken about 5 minutes after crash, pilot had just been extracted.
Pilot being airlifted out.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Aug-2009 20:24 | slowkid | Added |
| 08-Aug-2009 21:47 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 10-Aug-2009 11:57 | harro | Updated |
| 13-Aug-2009 22:46 | contrail25 | Updated |
| 13-Aug-2009 22:46 | contrail25 | Updated |
| 13-Aug-2009 22:46 | contrail25 | Updated |
| 19-Nov-2015 21:05 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 02-Dec-2017 16:02 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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