ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 36406
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| Date: | Sunday 30 July 2000 |
| Time: | 13:55 |
| Type: |  Glasair III |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N422CS |
| MSN: | 3231 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 353 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540-K1H5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Smithfield, NC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Williamston, NC (MCZ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A witness flying in the vicinity of the airport stated that the airplane took off from runway 03 and climbed to about 500 feet above ground level. He said the airplane turned sharply to the left and then to the right and headed back towards the runway, then rolled inverted and collided with the runway surface in a 20 to 30 degree nose down attitude. The airport manager stated that he noticed that the cockpit canopy was unlatched during the takeoff roll. He then contacted the pilot by radio. The pilot responded, but his transmission was unreadable. The aircraft made a left turn back to the runway. While making the final turn to align with runway 21 the airplane rolled to the right in a steep decent and impacted the runway.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain flying speed during an emergency landing which lead to an inadvertent stall/spin. A factor was the pilot's failure to secure the cockpit canopy prior to takeoff.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X21363&key=1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 April 1995 | N55EE | Private | 0 | Crescent, OK | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 12-Dec-2017 18:56 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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