What happened
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(.19) On August 27, 1999, at 1500 central daylight time (CDT), a walker breezy, N12BZ, operated by an airline transport pilot, was destroyed when on takeoff from runway 31 (5,396' x 150') at the Rock County Airport, Janesville, Wisconsin, the airplane departed controlled flight and impacted the terrain. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was being conducted under 14 CFR part 91. No flight plan was on file. The pilot was fatally injured. The intended cross-country flight was originating at the time of the accident. Several witnesses on the ground saw the airplane takeoff and climb out at a steep pitch angle. The manager of the air traffic control tower (ATCT) at the Rock County Airport said he saw the airplane get airborne just prior to taxiway "alpha", appr oximately 2,000 feet down the runway, and climb out at a 45 degree nose-high pitch attitude. Approximately 100 feet over the intersection of runway 22 and runway 31, the airplane began a left turn. The airplane then turned to the right and began to fishtail. Then the airplane went into a porpoise. The airplane's pitch remained high the whole time. The tower manager said the airplane began another right turn, but then it nosed straight down. Another witness said the airplane departed runway 31 and immediately went into what looked like a maximum rate of climb. The airplane was "just hanging there." The right wing dropped, but the pilot recovered. The witness said the airplane then turned to an easterly heading and again went into what looked like a maximum rate of climb. The right wing dropped again and the airplane went into a nose dive. The spiral continued and the airplane impacted the ground on a northerly heading. (-23)on August 27, 1999, at approximately 1500 CST, a breezy, N12BZ, registered to and operated for pleasure by privacy data omitted experienced a stall/spin while climbing out after take off on runway 31 at Rock County Airport, Janesville, WI,(jvl). Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft was destroyed and fatal injuries were sustained by the certificated airline transport pilot.
As the FAA filed it
(.19) ON AUGUST 27, 1999, AT 1500 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT), A WALKER BREEZY, N12BZ, OPERATED BY AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, WAS DESTROYED WHEN ON TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 31 (5,396' X 150') AT THE ROCK COUNTY AIRPORT, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED CONTROLLED FLIGHT AND IMPACTED THE TERRAIN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE INTENDED CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. SEVERAL WITNESSES ON THE GROUND SAW THE AIRPLANE TAKEOFF AND CLIMB OUT AT A STEEP PITCH ANGLE. THE MANAGER OF THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (ATCT) AT THE ROCK COUNTY AIRPORT SAID HE SAW THE AIRPLANE GET AIRBORNE JUST PRIOR TO TAXIWAY "ALPHA", APPR OXIMATELY 2,000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY, AND CLIMB OUT AT A 45 DEGREE NOSE-HIGH PITCH ATTITUDE. APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET OVER THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 22 AND RUNWAY 31, THE AIRPLANE BEGAN A LEFT TURN. THE AIRPLANE THEN TURNED TO THE RIGHT AND BEGAN TO FISHTAIL. THEN THE AIRPLANE WENT INTO A PORPOISE. THE AIRPLANE'S PITCH REMAINED HIGH THE WHOLE TIME. THE TOWER MANAGER SAID THE AIRPLANE BEGAN ANOTHER RIGHT TURN, BUT THEN IT NOSED STRAIGHT DOWN. ANOTHER WITNESS SAID THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED RUNWAY 31 AND IMMEDIATELY WENT INTO WHAT LOOKED LIKE A MAXIMUM RATE OF CLIMB. THE AIRPLANE WAS "JUST HANGING THERE." THE RIGHT WING DROPPED, BUT THE PILOT RECOVERED. THE WITNESS SAID THE AIRPLANE THEN TURNED TO AN EASTERLY HEADING AND AGAIN WENT INTO WHAT LOOKED LIKE A MAXIMUM RATE OF CLIMB. THE RIGHT WING DROPPED AGAIN AND THE AIRPLANE WENT INTO A NOSE DIVE. THE SPIRAL CONTINUED AND THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND ON A NORTHERLY HEADING. (-23)ON AUGUST 27, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 CST, A BREEZY, N12BZ, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED FOR PLEASURE BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPERIENCED A STALL/SPIN WHILE CLIMBING OUT AFTER TAKE OFF ON RUNWAY 31 AT ROCK COUNTY AIRPORT, JANESVILLE, WI,(JVL). VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND FATAL INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE CERTIFICATED AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT.
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