ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19759
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| Date: | Thursday 22 May 2008 |
| Time: | 11:58 |
| Type: |  Gulfstream American AA-1C |
| Owner/operator: | Hortman Aviation |
| Registration: | N9555U |
| MSN: | AA1C-0053 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Northeast Philadelphia Airport, Philadelphia, PN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Philadelphia, PA (PNE) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The instructor and student pilot had completed one touch-and-go landing and the airplane was in the departure climb, when the pilots were instructed by an air traffic controller to "make right traffic." The airplane entered a right turn, and was observed at a "high angle of attack" just prior to entering a descending 90-degree right bank. The airplane struck a parked trailer and skided across the ground, coming to rest under a row of parked trailers. A post-crash fire ensued. Examination of the airplane and engine revealed no pre-impact mechanical anomalies. The Pilot Operating Handbook (POH) for the airplane listed a stall speed of approximately 65 mph at a bank angle of 20 degrees, and 90 mph at a bank angle of 60 degrees. The POH listed a rotation speed between 60 and 65 mph and a normal climb speed of 95 mph.
Probable Cause: The flight instructor's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 February 2000 | N9555U | Hortman Aviation | 0 | WILDWOOD, New Jersey | |
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Location
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(c) NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2008 12:22 | Fusko | Added |
| 23-May-2008 12:10 | Fusko | Updated |
| 23-May-2008 12:14 | harro | Updated |
| 25-May-2008 10:38 | harro | Updated |
| 02-Jun-2008 07:49 | Anon. | Updated |
| 22-Jul-2009 12:06 | harro | Updated |
| 22-Jul-2009 12:07 | harro | Updated |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:16 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:20 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 03-Dec-2017 10:52 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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