ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 35506
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| Date: | Saturday 20 October 1990 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-38-125 |
| Owner/operator: | Levelland Aviation |
| Registration: | N2448L |
| MSN: | 38-79A0706 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Levelland, TX -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | (Q24) |
| (Q24) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE FLIGHT WAS A SCHEDULED STUDENT SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT. AT THE TIME THE CRASH SITE WAS DISCOVERED BY FARM WORKERS TRANSITING THE AREA, IT WAS FOUND THAT TWO PERSONS WERE ABOARD, THE STUDENT PILOT, AND A RECENTLY CERTIFIED PRIVATE PILOT FROM THE SAME FLIGHT SCHOOL. GROUND SCARRING INDICATE THE AIRCRAFT HAD IMPACTED UPRIGHT, IN A LEVEL ATTITUDE, WITH LITTLE FORWARD SPEED. THE PRIVATE PILOT HAD BEEN OBSERVED ON PAST FLIGHTS TO CONDUCT LOW LEVEL FLIGHT AND ACROBATICS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT CERTIFIED FOR ACROBATICS AND NEITHER PILOT HAD RECEIVED ACROBATIC TRAINING. CAUSE: INADVERTENT STALL/SPIN AT AN ALTITUDE INSUFFICIENT TO EFFECT RECOVERY.
Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001212X24447
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:22 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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