ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 290743
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| Date: | Sunday 8 November 2015 |
| Time: | 10:15 LT |
| Type: | U-fly-it Aerolite 103 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | UNREG |
| MSN: | UL1492 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2015 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9 hours |
| Engine model: | Hirth F23 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | MIDLAND, Virginia -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Warrenton Fauquier Airport, VA (KHWY) |
| Warrenton Fauquier Airport, VA (KHWY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot reported that the accident flight was his first flight in the ultralight airplane. He reported that, after he applied full power for takeoff, the airplane pitched up at a steep angle and that he then immediately reduced the power. A witness reported that, after the airplane pitched up, it climbed steeply and then stalled. The airplane then pitched down, impacted the runway, and flipped over. The airplane was consumed by a postcrash fire.
Calculations using the airplane's performance data showed that its center of gravity (CG) exceeded the aft CG limit, which reduced the stall speed and led to an aerodynamic stall and likely increased the pitch during takeoff. It would have been difficult for the pilot to recover from the stall at low altitude due to the aft CG.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to attain adequate airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane's critical angle-of-attack during takeoff with the airplane's center of gravity aft of its limit, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB GAA16LA046
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 06-Oct-2022 19:02 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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