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| Date: | Thursday 13 December 2018 |
| Time: | 10:44 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-24-250 Comanche |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6785P |
| MSN: | 24-1916 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6065 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Porter County Regional Airport (KVPZ), Valparaiso, IN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Valparaiso-Porter County Airport, IN (VPZ/KVPZ) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was departing on a personal flight. Witness observations and surveillance video captured the airplane during the initial climb; the right wing dropped and then the airplane entered a right spin. A surveillance video from a camera mounted on a building near the accident captured the final portion of the accident sequence; the airplane completed one revolution in the spin before it impacted the ground in a near vertical attitude. Examination of the airplane, engine, and systems revealed no evidence of any preimpact anomalies. The circumstances of the accident are consistent with the pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the initial climb after takeoff, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and a subsequent aerodynamic stall and spin.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the initial climb after takeoff, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and a subsequent aerodynamic stall and spin.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N6785P/history/20181211/2017Z/KVPZ/KVPZ
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=6785P%20
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 March 2018 | N6785P | Private | 0 | Knox, IN | |
sub |
| Heavy landing | ||||||
Location
Images:
Photo: NTSB
Media:
Small plane crashes at Porter County Regional Airport near Valparaiso; 1 dead https://t.co/Ftf6ZGB99z pic.twitter.com/bFxCnYmChG
— TheUrbanNewz (@TheUrbanNewz) 13 décembre 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Dec-2018 18:13 | Geno | Added |
| 13-Dec-2018 18:55 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, ] |
| 13-Dec-2018 19:21 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, ] |
| 13-Dec-2018 19:44 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, Photo, ] |
| 14-Dec-2018 00:06 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code, ] |
| 14-Dec-2018 06:38 | Geno | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 22-Dec-2018 17:36 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Dec-2018 09:30 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code, ] |
| 27-Dec-2018 16:14 | Geno | Updated [Time, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 19-Jul-2020 06:27 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 19-Jul-2020 06:54 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Photo, Accident report, ] |
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