ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 136739
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 June 2011 |
| Time: | 13:40 |
| Type: |  Ultralight America Spitfire II CTV |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6524R |
| MSN: | 00180100JT |
| Engine model: | Rotax 582 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ranger Airport, Ranger, TeXas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ranger, TX (F23) |
| Ranger, TX (F23) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot, who owned the airplane, and the pilot-rated passenger, who was a prospective airplane buyer, departed for a local flight. A witness observed the airplane stall shortly after takeoff, and the airplane descended into a tree and then the ground. A postimpact fire ensued. An examination of the airframe, engine, and related systems revealed no evidence of preimpact anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. The density altitude was calculated to be 3,921 feet, and the accident site elevation was 1,473 feet mean sea level. It was not possible to determine what effect the medications that were detected in the student pilot’s system (which ranged from over-the-counter cold/hay fever medications to anticonvulsants and anti-inflammatory agents) may have had on his performance if he was flying the airplane. Regardless of which pilot was operating the airplane at the time of the accident, it is likely that the airplane stalled as a result of reduced airspeed and climb performance while operating at a high density altitude.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain sufficient airspeed during the initial climb after a takeoff in high density altitude conditions, which resulted in an inadvertent stall.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 March 2010 | N6524R | Private | 0 | Cameron, Texas | |
sub |
| Loss of control | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jun-2011 01:16 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 23-Jun-2011 08:11 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 24-Jun-2011 01:06 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 16:54 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 01-Jun-2023 11:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category]] |
| 27-Aug-2023 09:50 | Nepa | Updated [[[Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category]]] |
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