ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 59466
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| Date: | 08-APR-2009 |
| Time: | 14:39 |
| Type: | Cessna 337C Super Skymaster |
| Owner/operator: | State of Wisconsin/DNR |
| Registration: | N2489S |
| C/n / msn: | 337-0789 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pittsville, Wood County, Wisconsin -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | FIRF |
| Departure airport: | Necedah, WI (DAF) |
| Pittsville, WI | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
The public-use airplane was being operated as a single-pilot aerial observation aircraft when it was responding to a ground fire. The fire originated from a garbage fire at a house that was adjacent to a wooded area. The wooded area was at the northern edge of a fallow agricultural field that the airplane was seen initially flying over on a southerly heading at an altitude of about 100 feet above the trees. The airplane then turned towards a northerly heading and descended to an altitude of about 35 feet above the field. The airplane engine noise then increased which was then followed by a wing drop consistent with an aerodynamic stall as it approached the tree line. Examination of the wreckage revealed no anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at a low altitude.
Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20090409X05621&key=1
Images:
Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Apr-2009 22:28 | slowkid | Added |
| 27-Mar-2010 12:55 | harro | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 01-Dec-2017 18:54 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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