ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39125
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Date: | Saturday 17 November 1990 |
Time: | 15:24 |
Type: | Taylor JT.2 Titch |
Owner/operator: | Steven Drawe |
Registration: | N14D |
MSN: | 002 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Elm Creek Airpark, Seguin, NE of San Antonio, Texas -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Elm Creek Airpark, Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas (0TX6) |
Destination airport: | Elm Creek Airpark, Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas (0TX6) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS RETURNING TO THE AIRPARK IN HIS EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE AND WAS OBSERVED TO MAKE SEVERAL LOW LEVEL AEROBATIC MANEUVERS OVER THE AIRSTRIP. DURING THE SECOND TIGHT BANKING MANEUVER, CONTROL WAS LOST. THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED UNCONTROLLED AND IMPACTED THE TERRAIN. A SMALL POST-IMPACT FIRE RESULTED. THE EVENT WAS VIDEO TAPED AND INVESTIGATORS WERE GIVEN A COPY FOR ANALYSIS. NO MECHANICAL FAILURES WERE FOUND DURING THE INVESTIGATION. CAUSE: THE PILOT LOST CONTROL AT LOW LEVEL. FACTORS WERE THE PILOT ATTEMPTING AEROBATIC MANEUVERS WITH INSUFFIENT ALTITUDE FOR RECOVERY.
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: FTW91DRG01 at
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X24610&key=1 2. FAA:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=14D 3.
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N14D.html 4.
https://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N14D 5.
http://planecrashmap.com/plane/tx/N14D/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
12-Aug-2016 16:09 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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