ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 194774
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 April 2017 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Type: |  Howard DGA-15P |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4476N |
| MSN: | 710 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1939 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2184 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-985 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rostraver Airport (KFWQ), Monongahela, PA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Pittsburgh, PA (AGC) |
| Monongahela, PA (FWQ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Witnesses observed the airplane touch down left of the runway centerline in gusting crosswind conditions and then attempt to go-around. As the engine noise increased, the airplane yawed 90° left and banked left, perpendicular to the runway. The airplane's nose pitched up, and the airplane subsequently entered an aerodynamic stall and rolled inverted before impacting a ravine about 400 ft left of the runway. Examination of the wreckage did not reveal any preimpact mechanical malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation. The airplane was equipped with a 450-hp radial engine. It is likely that, upon application of engine power to initiate the go-around, the pilot failed to adequately compensate for the extreme left-turning tendencies of the high-powered engine, which resulted in a subsequent loss of control and aerodynamic stall.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during an attempted go-around 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=4476N
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Apr-2017 19:30 | Geno | Added |
| 12-Apr-2017 20:20 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 12-Apr-2017 20:21 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Photo, ] |
| 13-Apr-2017 01:07 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 13-Apr-2017 10:23 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 13-Apr-2017 10:31 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Registration, Source] |
| 19-Aug-2017 16:50 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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