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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtr VK-30 · Duluth, MN · March 22, 1996

Date: March 22, 1996 · 12:20 local
Place: Duluth, MN
Airport: Duluth International
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N44VK
NTSB investigation: NTSBCHI96FA116
Reported as: Amtr VK30
Reported engine: Allison 250B17
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,438 total3 in this make and model32 in the last 90 days

N44VKRegistration cancelled Jul 8, 1996 · Cirrus Design VK-30S/N 2993 Airframe modelCirrus Design VK-30

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Intentional stall for testing. Unable to recover. Gear and flaps down. Load af CG. Landed in wooded area. (-23) aircraft was being flown under phase I of experimental-exhibitions operating limitations and was 7.6 hours into 15 hour program. Stall accident occured while conducting final stall series of tests with aircraft configured gear down, full flaps and CG at 33% aft mac. Aircraft impacted ground in heavily wooded area 5 miles north of Duluth airport. Pilot was wearing parachute but did not egress aircraft prior to impact. The pilot had 3.1 hours in aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

INTENTIONAL STALL FOR TESTING. UNABLE TO RECOVER. GEAR AND FLAPS DOWN. LOAD AF CG. LANDED IN WOODED AREA. (-23) AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN UNDER PHASE I OF EXPERIMENTAL-EXHIBITIONS OPERATING LIMITATIONS AND WAS 7.6 HOURS INTO 15 HOUR PROGRAM. STALL ACCIDENT OCCURED WHILE CONDUCTING FINAL STALL SERIES OF TESTS WITH AIRCRAFT CONFIGURED GEAR DOWN, FULL FLAPS AND CG AT 33% AFT MAC. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND IN HEAVILY WOODED AREA 5 MILES NORTH OF DULUTH AIRPORT. PILOT WAS WEARING PARACHUTE BUT DID NOT EGRESS AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO IMPACT. THE PILOT HAD 3.1 HOURS IN AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CHI96FA116Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportDuluth, MNthe inadequate handling/performance design capabilities of the airplane which resulted in the inability to recover from an aft center of gravity spin. Factors were the lack of any antispin or deep stall recovery devices, and the aft center of gravity.Mar 22, 1996 · Destroyed