ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 287289
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 October 2012 |
| Time: | 12:30 LT |
| Type: |  Quad City Challenger |
| Owner/operator: | James Leppert |
| Registration: | UNREG |
| MSN: | None |
| Engine model: | Rotax 503 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Castroville, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Gonzales, TX (KT20) |
| Castroville, TX | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Witnesses saw the airplane make a low pass over a private airstrip then make a steep 180-degree left turn back to final approach for landing. During the turn, the airplane entered a steep nose down descent and made at least one-half spin to the left before impacting the ground. Such observations are consistent with an aerodynamic stall.
Probable Cause: The pilot's steep 180-degree turn to final approach for landing, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and spin at an altitude from which he could not recover.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN13LA029
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 January 2007 | UNREG | Private | 0 | Orland, California | |
sub |
| Fuel exhaustion | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Oct-2022 09:21 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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