ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 386032
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| Date: | Saturday 14 April 2001 |
| Time: | 14:51 LT |
| Type: |  Fairchild PT-19A |
| Owner/operator: | Confederate Airforce |
| Registration: | N58123 |
| MSN: | T42-3230 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2438 hours |
| Engine model: | Ranger L-440-C2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Midland, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Midland International Air and Space Port, TX (MAF/KMAF) |
| Midland International Air and Space Port, TX (MAF/KMAF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While climbing out after takeoff, the vintage airplane was observed by several witnesses to execute a climbing right turn, roll left, and then abruptly nose down to impact. The passenger stated that a "downdraft hit" the airplane, and it "nosed" into the ground at a "ninety degree" angle. He heard the engine running throughout the flight. Post-accident examination of the wreckage did not reveal any pre-impact anomalies with the airframe, flight controls, and engine. The wind at the time of the accident was from 250 degrees at 9 knots gusting to 18 knots.
Probable Cause: the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertant stall during initial takeoff climb. A contributing factor was wind gusts.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW01FA100
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 April 2002 | N58123 | Confederate Airforce of Midland | 1 | Midland International Air and Space Port (MAF/KMAF), Midland, TX | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 05-Apr-2024 10:27 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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