ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 94037
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| Date: | Saturday 26 February 2011 |
| Time: | 13:35 |
| Type: |  BAC 167 Strikemaster |
| Owner/operator: | Dragon Aviation Inc. |
| Registration: | N167SM |
| MSN: | EEP/JP/165 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3502 hours |
| Engine model: | Rolls Royce VIPER 535 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hudson River, Kingston, New York -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Johnstown, PA (JST) |
| Hudson, NY (1B1) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to witnesses and corroborated by a video, the pilot performed a rolling maneuver over the runway before returning for a second pass of the runway at an airport that he told his friends he would be flying over. The second pass was flown at a low altitude with the gear retracted. Following the low pass, the pilot abruptly pitched the nose up and entered a steep left turn. The nose of the airplane dropped, and the airplane entered a descending spiral and crashed into a river. The sound of the engine was heard continuously on the video of the flight until the airplane crashed. An examination of the wreckage did not reveal any evidence of a preimpact mechanical malfunction or failure with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot had logged about 21 hours in the airplane and had obtained a type rating in the airplane about 2 1/2 months prior to the accident. His training in the airplane make and model included aerobatic maneuvers, stalls, and recovery from unusual attitudes. The airplane’s owner was not aware that the pilot was planning to perform aerobatic maneuvers and further stated that he would never have approved the pilot to perform solo aerobatics in his airplane.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control while maneuvering. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of experience in the accident airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Feb-2011 16:09 | gerard57 | Added |
| 26-Feb-2011 17:27 | bizjets101 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2011 17:36 | bizjets101 | Updated [Cn, Location, Source] |
| 28-Feb-2011 08:45 | bizjets101 | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2011 14:16 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2011 15:33 | Skymanbob | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Mar-2011 15:29 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 26-Nov-2011 12:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2012 12:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 16:43 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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