Accident Champion 7EC N9098B, Saturday 26 September 1998

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Date:	Saturday 26 September 1998
Time:	09:53 LT
Type:	Champion 7EC
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N9098B
MSN:	7EC-638
Total airframe hrs:	2744 hours
Engine model:	Continental C-90-16F
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Catoosa, OK - United States of America
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	(K11)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
According to law enforcement personnel who responded to the accident site, the airplane 'stalled and crashed while simulating aerial application maneuvers over a soy bean field.' The 40 year old pilot, who was occupying the front seat of the airplane, told the ambulance attendant that the airplane 'entered a spin and he was unable to recover due to the airplane's low altitude.' Law enforcement personnel reported that the airplane impacted the ground in a right turn in a nose low attitude. The 265 hour pilot graduated from the operator's agricultural pilot training course 8 months prior to the accident.

Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane resulting in an inadvertent stall.

Accident investigation: