# Accident 20010714019519A: Reitz Wilson Arthur JR MOHAWK 1, Camdenton, MO, July 14, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2001, 13:45 local time
- Place: Camdenton, MO
- Airport: Camdenton Memorial Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0010° N, 92.7397° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0010&lon=-92.7397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N109WR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N109WR-2002-01-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Reitz Wilson Arthur JR MOHAWK 1 (registry code 05605VY, https://openairdocs.org/model/reitz-wilson-arthur-jr-mohawk-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA212) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010714019519A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ACCORDING TO WITNESSES AT THE AIRPORT, THREE OF WHOM ARE PILOTS, N109WR, WAS CLIMBING AFTER TAKEOFF, ABOUT 1/2 MILE OUT, WHEN IT BEGAN A LEFT TURN, STALLED, AND SPUN TO THE GROUND, IT BURST INTO FLAMES ON IMPACT.  POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED WITHIN 15 MINUTES, PUT OUT THE FIRE, AND PRONOUNCED THE PILOT DEAD AT THE SCENE.  PILOT HAD BROKEN WRISTS, ANKLES, AND LEG, AND WAS BURNED BEYOND RECOGNITION.  AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE.  IT WAS METAL TUBING COVERED BY FABRIC, AND ALL FABRIC AND MOST OF THE METAL DISINTEGRATED.  ALL THREE CARBON FIBER PROPELLER BLADES WERE BROKEN AND THROWN AWAY FROM IMPACT SITE, PROPELLER HUB WAS SHATTERED AND APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING POWER.  ANOTHER PILOT, TOM DAVIDSON, WHO WAS A TEST PILOT IN THE MILITARY, HAD FLOWN THE AIRPLANE EARLIER THAT DAY AND FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL YAW AND VERY SENSITIVE TO PITCH INPUTS.  HE CAUTIONED THE OWNER TO ONLY TAXI, BUT NOT TO FLY IT.  THE OWNER, MR. REITZ, INADVERTENTLY BECAME AIRBORNE ON THE TAXI TEST, PARTIALLY LOST CONTROL RIGHT AFTER LIFTOFF, AND ELECTED TO FLY IT AROUND THE PATTERN FOR A LANDING.  HE LOST CONTROL AND ENTERED A SPIN WHILE TURNING TO CROSSWIND.  HE WAS UNABLE TO  RECOVER FROM THE SPIN.

## 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 CHI01LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA212), Jul 14, 2001: Reitz Mohawk 1 (N109WR), Camdenton, MO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot not performing an aborted takeoff and the inadvertent stall he encountered on his inadvertent initial climb. Factors were his inadvertent lift-off, the reported inadequate rudder control,…

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.

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