# Accident 19980627015119A: Aviat A1A, Daytona Beach, FL, June 27, 1998 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 27, 1998, 15:35 local time - Place: Daytona Beach, FL - Airport: Spruce Creek Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 29.1901° N, 81.0506° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1901&lon=-81.0506&mi=10 - Aircraft: N32HU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32HU) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Aviat A-1A (registry code 2210405, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1a) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: AVIAT A1A - Reported engine: LYC O360A1D - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 54 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA190) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980627015119A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. DEMO FLIGHT TWO ATP PILOTS. TOOK OFF STALLED IN NOSE HIGH CLIMB. FELL OFF ON A WING PRIO IMPACT. (.4) THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) WAS DEMONSTRATING A SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF TO A PILOT/PASSENGER. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REAR SEAT PILOT WAS THE PIC AND RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE FRONT SEAT OCCUPANT, WAS A PASSENGER, AND WAS FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THE CONTROLS DURING THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF. BOTH PILOTS AGREED THE TAXI OUT AND RUN UP WERE NORMAL AND PERFORMED BY THE PILOT IN THE FRONT SEAT. TAKEOFF WAS ALSO NORMAL FOR A SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF UNTIL ABOUT 50 FEET. THE FRONT SEAT PILOT SAID, '... WITHIN SECONDS WE HAD LIFTED OFF AND WERE CLIMBING AT AN UNBELIEVABLE ANGLE...I REMEMBER BEING AWE STRUCK BY THE PITCH ANGLE...THE ATTITUDE OF THE AIRPLANE WAS SO HIGH THAT I FELT UNCOMFORTABLE...WITHIN A FEW SECONDS THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN SWINGING TO THE LEFT AND AS IT DID, IT FELL AND I REALIZED WE WERE IN A DEEP STALL. AS THE NOSE CAME DOWN (THE PIC) YELLED, 'I GOT IT, I GOT IT!'...WE ROLLED SLOWLY BACK AND FORTH AS WE WERE SETTLING TOWARDS THE GROUND...WE HIT THE GROUND HARD IN ALMOST A FLAT ATTITUDE.' THE PIC SAID, HE TOLD THE FRONT SEAT PILOT TO 'L OWER THE NOSE' AND TRIED TO 'EASE THE STICK FORWARD.' HE YELLED, ' I HAVE THE AIRPLANE,' AND PUSHED WITH BOTH HAND ON THE STICK. IT WOULD NOT MOVE AND HE SAID IT FELT LIKE '...I WAS PUSHING ON A SPRING.' HE RELEASED HIS LEFT SHOULDER HARNESS IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE ATTENTION OF THE PILOT IN THE FRONT SEAT. JUST AS HE HAD LOOSENED THE LEFT SHOULDER HARNESS THE AIRPLANE 'STALLED.' HE SAID HE BROUGHT UP THE LEFT WING AND PUSHED THE NOSE DOWN. AT THIS POINT THE AIRPLANE WAS 'SINKING IN A DEEP STALL' WHEN HE PUSHED THE NOSE FORWARD, AND FLARED THE AIRCRAFT JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN WITH A 'VERY HIGH SINK RATE.' HE SAID HE 'BELIEVED' THE POWER WAS CUT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS 'STALLED...(BUT HE) DID NOT HAVE TIME TO LOOK INSIDE THE AIRCRAFT TO DETERMINE ANY ACCURATE THROTTLE POSITION...' IN ADDITION, IT WAS HIS OPINION THAT HE 'SHOULD NOT HAVE LOSSENED' HIS SHOULDER HARNESS AND HE 'SHOULD NOT HAVE ALLOWED' THE OTHER PILOT TO FLY FROM THE FRONT SEAT ON HIS FIRST TAKEOFF IN THIS AIRPLANE, NO MATTER WHAT HIS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN OTHER AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN. GROUND WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE PITCH UP APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 DEGREES AND CLIMB TO AN ALTITUDE OF 100 TO 125 FEET. THE LEFT WING DROPPED, THE AIRPLANE PITCHED FORWARD, STRUCK THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, 500 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END, ON THE RIGHT COWLING AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, SPUN ON THE NOSE, ENDING UP 100 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE, POINTING TOWARDS DEPARTURE POINT. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRFRAME AND ENGINE DID NOT REVEAL ANY DISCREPANCIES. CONFIRMATION OF THE POSITION OF THE AIRPLANE'S CONTROLS, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ACCIDENT, COULD NOT BE DETERMINE, BECAUSE THE AIRPLANE WAS REMOVED FROM THE CRASH SITE BEFORE IT COULD BE EXAMINED. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND WAS SENT AN NTSB FORM 6120.1/2, ON JUNE 30, 1998. THE FORM AND HIS STATEMENT WERE RETURNED TO THE NTSB SOUTHEAST REGIONAL OFFICE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, ON NOVEMBER 9, 1998. (-23) THE PILOT WAS DEMONSTRATING THE SHORT FIELD ABILITYOF THE AUSKY WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED TO PITCH TO A 30 DEGREE ATTITUDE ON TAKE OFF AND CLIMB TO 125 FEET. THE AIRPLANE THEN NOSED OVER AND IMPACTED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. ## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB MIA98LA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA190), Jun 27, 1998: Aviat A-1A (N32HU), Daytona Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in a stall. A contributing factor was the pilot's delay in initiating remedial action. From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.