ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144471
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| Date: | Saturday 17 March 2012 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: | Blue Yonder Merlin |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6113Y |
| MSN: | 94029 |
| Engine model: | SUBARU ALL MDLS A/B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pleasant Lake, near Otisfield, ME -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Otisfield, ME |
| Otisfield, ME | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot purchased the airplane 7 years before the accident but had only accumulated 1 hour of flight time in it. Prior to the accident, the pilot and a friend performed adjustments to the airplane's floats. The pilot then taxied on the lake and departed for a local flight. A witness stated that as the airplane reached an altitude of 100 feet, it banked to the right slightly and then banked hard to the left and pitched down. The airplane impacted the frozen lake in a nose-down attitude, bounced, and came to rest, breaking the ice. Postaccident examination of the airplane found no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during takeoff, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was his lack of experience in the airplane make and model.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Mar-2012 02:57 | gerard57 | Added |
| 18-Mar-2012 04:29 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 08-Apr-2012 17:11 | Geno | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 20:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
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