ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68069
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 August 2009 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft C24R Sierra |
| Owner/operator: | Lovins Branch |
| Registration: | N770DL |
| MSN: | MC-689 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-A1B6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jackson County Airport (24A), North Carolina -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | St. Louis, MO (1H0) |
| Sylva, NC (24A) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Following the 3-hour-and-40-minute, instrument-flight-rules, cross-country flight, the pilot approached the destination airport. The airplane descended from 9,400 feet mean sea level (msl) to 3,100 feet msl and entered the traffic pattern on a right downwind leg for runway 33. The pilot flew a low approach over the runway and then entered a left traffic pattern about 350 feet above the airport elevation. The pilot again approached the runway and slowed the airplane from 91 knots to 60 knots, and a witness observed the airplane touch down on the runway before it proceeded out of his view. The airplane impacted a wooded area beyond the departure end of the runway inverted and in a nose-down attitude. The airplane's recorded groundspeed for the final portion of the flight never exceeded 63 knots, and the calculated stall speed was 61 knots calibrated airspeed. The winds reported at an airport 12 nautical miles southwest were a left quartering tailwind at 3 knots. Postaccident examination of the wreckage revealed no evidence of any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed during an aborted landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Aug-2009 09:03 | slowkid | Added |
| 27-Aug-2009 12:27 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 27-Aug-2009 22:33 | slowkid | Updated |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 03-Dec-2017 13:48 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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