ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 215325
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 September 2018 |
| Time: | 13:20 |
| Type: |  Sonex Aircraft Sonex |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N75SX |
| MSN: | 0075 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 761 hours |
| Engine model: | Jabiru 2200 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Marion county, SC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Florence, SC (FLO) |
| Florence, SC (FLO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The 85-year-old commercial pilot was conducting a local pleasure flight in his experimental, amateur-built airplane. A witness near the accident site saw the airplane flying at low altitude before it entered a "straight up" climb followed by a descent and continued "straight down" toward the ground. It did not appear that the pilot attempted to pull out of the dive.
Examination of the airplane and engine revealed no mechanical discrepancies that would have precluded normal operation. Despite the pilot's age, his daughter stated that he had no known medical issues (cardiac, respiratory or physical) that would interfere with his flying, and no evidence of incapacitation or impairment were identified by the autopsy and toxicology testing. The reason for the airplane's impact with terrain could not be determined based on the available information.
Probable Cause: Impact with terrain for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=75SX%20
Location
Media:
NTSB investigating crash Wednesday of an Experimental Sonex in
— NTSB_Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) 12 septembre 2018
Marion, SC.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Sep-2018 19:57 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 12-Sep-2018 19:59 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 12-Sep-2018 20:01 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 12-Sep-2018 20:03 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time] |
| 12-Sep-2018 20:11 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location] |
| 12-Sep-2018 20:12 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 13-Sep-2018 06:10 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Phase, Nature, Damage] |
| 13-Sep-2018 23:13 | Geno | Updated [Registration, Cn, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2020 17:04 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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