Pilot Debrief

ROSE PARRAKEET A-1 near Rhome, TX — 2018-07-12

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Date
2018-07-12
Location
Rhome, TX, USA
Airport
7TS0
Aircraft
ROSE PARRAKEET A-1
Registration
N14842
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
Fatal
Fatalities
1
Phase of flight
Takeoff roll

Probable cause

The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack after takeoff, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

NTSB narrative

The private pilot had just departed from the airport when witnesses observed the airplane not climbing and about 100 ft above the ground. Another witness observed the airplane a nose-high attitude. The airplane was struggling to gain altitude before it banked "hard" to the right, entered a "sharp" nose-down attitude, and impacted a field near the airport. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. The ground scarring at the accident site, the crush angle of the airframe, and the observed wing drop before the airplane's descent into terrain were consistent with an exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and a resulting aerodynamic stall.

Analysis

Primary failure mode
Loss of control
First missed decision gate
Pilot could have aborted takeoff when struggling to gain altitude.

NTSB coding

Evidence available

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  • 5 docket documents
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Docket documents5

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