ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305237
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| Date: | Thursday 6 October 2022 |
| Time: | 12:30 LT |
| Type: |  Wittman W-10 Tailwind |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N717AB |
| MSN: | 717 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2021 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-300 Ser |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Waldron, Arkansas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Waldron, AR |
| Waldron, AR | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that he was conducting his first flight in the airplane and practiced some basic stall maneuvers at altitude before attempting to land. During the first attempted landing, the airplane landed hard from about 2 ft above ground level (agl), and the pilot performed a go-around. During the second landing, about 8 ft agl, he reduced engine power and [the airplane] 'bottomed out.” He stated the airplane bounced uncontrollably, nosed over, bounced again, spun to the right and flipped over, coming to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations. The pilot's statement included a recommendation to acquire transition training in a 'new to you” airplane.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the landing resulting in an inadvertent aerodynamic stall and hard landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN23LA007
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