ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 359794
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Date: | Tuesday 13 September 1994 |
Time: | 11:15 LT |
Type: | Weatherly 620TP |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N4607C |
MSN: | 1508TP |
Total airframe hrs: | 3523 hours |
Engine model: | P&W PT-6-20 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Montrose, AR -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Agricultural |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:AFTER REDUCING POWER ON FINAL APPROACH, THE AIRPLANE'S NOSE WHIPPED ABRUPTLY 30 DEGREES LEFT, THEN BACK TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT PUSHED THE STICK FORWARD AND ADDED LEFT AILERON AT APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET AGL. THE AIRPLANE THEN IMPACTED A DITCH, SLID ACROSS A ROAD AND CAME TO REST IN ANOTHER DITCH. AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED NO ANOMALIES AND THE PILOT REPORTED HE EXPERIENCED NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED AND THE RESULTANT AERODYNAMIC STALL.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | FTW94LA297 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 6 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB FTW94LA297
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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