ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66350
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| Date: | Thursday 9 July 2009 |
| Time: | 12:55 |
| Type: |  North American SNJ-5 Texan |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N212TC |
| MSN: | 121-41732 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4778 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W R1340 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Kiowa, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Englewood, CO (APA) |
| Englewood, CO (APA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Witnesses observed the airplane performing aerobatic maneuvers for approximately 15 minutes. They could not estimate how high the airplane was flying, but indicated it was too high to make out details on the airplane. They observed the airplane pull up vertical and perform a wing over or roll type maneuver. The airplane then entered a spin, which continued until the airplane impacted the ground. A post impact fire erupted immediately after impact. Each witness described the engine running until impact. During examination of the wreckage no anomalies were found with the airplane that would have prevented normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane while practicing aerobatic maneuvers and his subsequent failure to recover from an inadvertent spin.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jul-2009 05:52 | 78Delta | Added |
| 13-Jul-2009 01:32 | slowkid | Updated |
| 29-Apr-2010 12:24 | harro | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 02-Dec-2017 15:46 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jul-2018 17:12 | A.J. Scholten | Updated [Cn, Source] |
| 16-Jun-2021 15:41 | TB | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
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