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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Duncan BABY HORNET DX4 · Priest River, ID · September 21, 1998

Date
September 21, 1998 · 16:55 local
Place
Priest River, ID
Airport
Priest River Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4DX
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA98LA185
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total182 in this make and model54 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Acft was experienceing aileron trouble, pilot added power, acft went up, crashed and was destroyed.(-23) after take off, Mr. Suarez stated that the aircraft was not responding properly in the left hand turn to crosswind, he said it felt as if it was going to stall. He further stated that he elected to stay in the pattern and return to the airport. During the turn from downwind to base leg, Mr. Suarez stated that the airplane felt real sloppy and near a stall, he leveled the aircraft and found himself in a high rate of decent and an off-field landing enevitable. The aircraft contacted the ground in level flight attitude, nosed over and came to rest on it's back. The pilot and sole occupant received serious injuries and was transported to the newport, WA hospital.

As the FAA filed it

ACFT WAS EXPERIENCEING AILERON TROUBLE, PILOT ADDED POWER, ACFT WENT UP, CRASHED AND WAS DESTROYED.(-23) AFTER TAKE OFF, MR. SUAREZ STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT RESPONDING PROPERLY IN THE LEFT HAND TURN TO CROSSWIND, HE SAID IT FELT AS IF IT WAS GOING TO STALL. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE ELECTED TO STAY IN THE PATTERN AND RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. DURING THE TURN FROM DOWNWIND TO BASE LEG, MR. SUAREZ STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE FELT REAL SLOPPY AND NEAR A STALL, HE LEVELED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND HIMSELF IN A HIGH RATE OF DECENT AND AN OFF-FIELD LANDING ENEVITABLE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND IN LEVEL FLIGHT ATTITUDE, NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST ON IT'S BACK. THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE NEWPORT, WA HOSPITAL.

NTSB investigation

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