ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 216226
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| Date: | Friday 12 October 2018 |
| Time: | 13:45 |
| Type: |  Stolp SA-300 Starduster Too |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N503CM |
| MSN: | 1 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 264 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming HO-360-B1B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Marshall-Tate line, Marshall County, Coldwater, MS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Byhalia, MS (7MS3) |
| Byhalia, MS (7MS3) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot reported that he was practicing landings. He departed and flew over a nearby town and noted that the air was "quite turbulent." Upon returning to the airport, the pilot entered the downwind leg of the traffic pattern and began a constant-radius, descending turn to the final leg of the traffic pattern. He noticed that the airplane was too low and applied engine power to maintain level flight. The airplane leveled off, and the pilot continued the approach to the runway. The pilot added that, as the airplane approached a tree line, which was about 100 ft before the approach end of the runway, the airplane "suddenly sank" and impacted trees before he could arrest the descent. The airplane came to rest inverted in a wooded area. The wings, fuselage, and empennage sustained substantial damage.
The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. Given the evidence, it is likely that the pilot did not maintain a proper approach path, which resulted in the impact with trees.
Examination of upper air sounding data revealed that no turbulence nor low-level wind shear existed in the area at the time of the accident. A review of meteorological data revealed that the wind conditions had the potential to develop into a 1-knot tailwind. However, the pilot should have been able to anticipate and adequately respond to the slight tailwind.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper approach path, which resulted a collision with trees short of the runway.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=503CM%20
Location
Images:
Photo: FAA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Oct-2018 19:48 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 12-Oct-2018 20:57 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2018 02:03 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, Damage] |
| 13-Oct-2018 02:04 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Oct-2018 20:43 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Apr-2020 06:59 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 19-Apr-2020 07:27 | harro | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, Photo, Accident report, ] |
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