ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 281715
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| Date: | Thursday 18 August 2022 |
| Time: | 14:40 LT |
| Type: | Butterfly Banty |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N995GS |
| MSN: | 1285 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Engine model: | Rotax |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Camarillo Airport (CMA/KCMA), Camarillo, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Camarillo, CA |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The accident occurred as the pilot was taking off from an ultralight runway. Portions of the takeoff and accident were captured on a security video. The airplane became airborne and, as seen in the video, it entered a climbing left turn. As the airplane ascended to about treetop level, the bank angle increased greater than 60° as the airplane turned about 90° off the runway heading. The airplane then descended out of view behind trees. The airplane came to rest inverted on top of an airport hangar and was substantially damaged.
The pilot stated he had not flown the airplane for years and could not recall what happened during the flight. A witness stated that the pilot told him after the accident that he stalled the airplane and that there was nothing wrong with the airplane.
Examination of the wreckage found no anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. The accident sequence is consistent with the pilot banking excessively after takeoff, which resulted in the airplane exceeding the critical angle of attack at a slow airspeed and stalling.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain proper airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR22LA310
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=995GS
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Aug-2022 01:43 | Geno | Added |
| 19-Aug-2022 15:02 | johnwg | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative, Plane category, Category] |
| 19-Aug-2022 15:27 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2022 15:29 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2022 21:15 | Geno | Updated [Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 20-Aug-2022 00:47 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 14-Sep-2022 17:28 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Nov-2023 15:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category, Category, Accident report] |
| 16-Nov-2023 15:27 | harro | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
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