ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 179858
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| Date: | Thursday 24 September 2015 |
| Time: | 19:08 |
| Type: |  Pierce Henry Bushby Mustang II |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N929DS |
| MSN: | 1242 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 436 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-D1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Granbury Regional Airport (KGDJ), Granbury, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Granbury, TX (GDJ) |
| Granbury, TX (GDJ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Witnesses observed the airplane takeoff, and level off as it flew down the runway at a low altitude. It then entered a steep nose-up climb, followed by a sudden roll to the right and a steep nose-down descent. Video images from a security camera, showed the airplane descended at about 20° to 30° nose-down attitude until it impacted the terrain. Examination of the wreckage did not find any anomalies that would have contributed to the accident. Signatures on the propeller were consistent with the propeller being driven during the impact sequence. A review of the pilot's video camera found recordings of similar maneuvers that had a right rolling tendency during the airplane's recovery to level flight. The circumstances of the accident were consistent with the pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during a steep climb resulting in an aerodynamic stall and collision with terrain.
Probable Cause: The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack resulting in an aerodynamic stall and collision with terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=92905
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Sep-2015 01:49 | Geno | Added |
| 25-Sep-2015 01:55 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2015 07:04 | Dmitriy | Updated [Total occupants] |
| 25-Sep-2015 15:34 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2015 18:14 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 29-Sep-2015 07:07 | MikeRamsey | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source, Embed code] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 02-Jun-2017 05:49 | PiperOnslaught | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2017 15:07 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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