ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 41107
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| Date: | Saturday 9 August 1997 |
| Time: | 11:37 LT |
| Type: |  Monnett Moni |
| Owner/operator: | Asbjorn Sorhaug |
| Registration: | N2400M |
| MSN: | 099 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 21 hours |
| Engine model: | KFM 107 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hollis, NH -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Pepperell, MA |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
An FAA Inspector who witnessed the takeoff said the airplane 'lumbered' into the air. A witness on the river adjacent to the departure airport said his attention was drawn to the airplane by the increasing and decreasing engine noise and that nothing appeared wrong with the airplane. The pilot appeared to alternately lose and regain aircraft control. Approximately 400 feet above the ground, the engine accelerated to 'full throttle', the nose pitched up, and the airplane rolled inverted and descended into terrain. The engine did not stop producing power until the airplane was inverted and the nose had descended below the tail. Three weeks before the accident, the pilot logged .8 hours of dual instruction in a Cessna 152. Prior to that flight, the pilot had not flown in 14 months. The pilot had approximately 10 hours flight experience in the accident airplane. Prior to the accident flight, he had not flown the airplane in 2 years.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall spin and collision with terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC97LA163
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] |
| 08-Apr-2024 13:39 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report] |
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