ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46000
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| Date: | Friday 16 February 2001 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: | Ross G-202 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N39HR |
| MSN: | 20 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 105 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming AEIO-360-B1H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | GRAND JUNCTION, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Grand Junction, CO (GJT) |
| Grand Junction, CO (GJT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot departed the local airport in the experimental, homebuilt airplane for a practice aerobatic flight. When the pilot failed to arrive home, the flight was reported overdue by the pilot's family. The airplane was found the following day near the edge of a ravine on a hilly open area about 6 miles north of the airport. Examination of the wreckage indicated the airplane impacted the ground in a level attitude with minimal forward speed. During the examination of the airframe and engine, no anomalies were noted that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane. According to the pilot's logbook, he had logged 2.6 flight hours performing aerobatic maneuvers.
Probable Cause: the pilot's inadvertent entry into a spin while performing aerobatic maneuvers. A contributing factor was the pilot's lack of aerobatic experience.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20010223X00508&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 10-Dec-2017 10:32 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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