ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227192
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| Date: | Saturday 1 July 2017 |
| Time: | 07:30 |
| Type: | North Wing Sport X2 912 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N492XB |
| MSN: | LS9014 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2014 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chelan, WA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Chelan, WA (S10) |
| Chelan, WA (S10) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor and the student pilot were conducting a local flight in the weight-shift-control aircraft. An onboard camera captured the accident flight and showed that, at the time of the accident, the instructor was demonstrating a spiral dive maneuver. The video showed that the maneuver was initiated at an altitude that appears to be below 1,000 ft AGL which is a minimum required recovery altitude. During the maneuver, the aircraft's bank angle continued to increase until the aircraft entered a nearly-vertical descent and impacted terrain. Postaccident examination of the wreckage revealed no evidence of a preimpact mechanical malfunction or failure that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The flight instructor's failure to maintain control of the aircraft while demonstrating a spiral dive, which resulted in a loss of control. Contributing to the accident was the instructor's decision to demonstrate a spiral dive maneuver at an altitude that was too low for recovery.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Jul-2019 18:04 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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