ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 186584
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 April 2016 |
| Time: | 12:44 |
| Type: |  Van's RV-12 |
| Owner/operator: | Chesapeake Sport Pilot |
| Registration: | N276VA |
| MSN: | 12056 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2015 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 314 hours |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Bay Bridge Airport (W29), Stevensville, MD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Easton, MD (ESN) |
| Stevensville, MD (W29) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airline transport pilot of the light sport airplane was approaching the airport for landing in gusty front quartering crosswind conditions. Witnesses observed the airplane on final approach between 50 and 75 ft above ground level. The airplane's nose pitched up, followed by a roll to the right. The airplane then entered a nose-down attitude and descended to ground contact, impacting level terrain about 750 ft from the runway and slightly left of the extended runway centerline. Examination of the wreckage did not reveal any preimpact mechanical malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation.
Before the accident flight, the pilot had about 2.4 hours of experience in the accident airplane make and model but had been signed off to fly the airplane by an instructor. Witness observations of the final moments of flight are consistent with an aerodynamic stall. It is likely that the pilot failed to compensate for the gusty crosswind and turbulent conditions during the approach for landing, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack, aerodynamic stall, and subsequent loss of control.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during approach for landing in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and a subsequent aerodynamic stall.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N276VA
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Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Apr-2016 06:28 | Geno | Added |
| 20-Apr-2016 14:56 | Geno | Updated [Registration, Cn, Phase, Destination airport, Source] |
| 20-Apr-2016 14:59 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 29-Apr-2016 18:15 | Geno | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 16-May-2018 15:37 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-May-2018 17:51 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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