20020720038619A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtr GLASAIR II RG · Jackson Twnship, NJ · July 20, 2002

Date: July 20, 2002 · 13:42 local
Place: Jackson Twnship, NJ
Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N79CW
NTSB investigation: NTSBIAD02FA074
Reported as: Amtr Glasairiirg
Reported engine: Lycoming O320E3D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1

N79CWRegistration cancelled Dec 4, 2012 · Wehrlen Charles GLASAIR II RGS/N 1 · Built 1992 Airframe modelWehrlen Charles GLASAIR II RG Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Witnesses observed the aircraft in a steep, descending spiral (approximately 3 turns witnessed) and then disappera, nose down, into a heavily wooded area. The aircraft, N79CW, was found destroyed approximately 1/4 mile from 390 whitesville road, Jackson township, NJ. The sole occupant was fatally injured. According to at personnel, no contact was made with fss prior to flight and there was no radar tracking of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT IN A STEEP, DESCENDING SPIRAL (APPROXIMATELY 3 TURNS WITNESSED) AND THEN DISAPPERA, NOSE DOWN, INTO A HEAVILY WOODED AREA. THE AIRCRAFT, N79CW, WAS FOUND DESTROYED APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE FROM 390 WHITESVILLE ROAD, JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ. THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS FATALLY INJURED. ACCORDING TO AT PERSONNEL, NO CONTACT WAS MADE WITH FSS PRIOR TO FLIGHT AND THERE WAS NO RADAR TRACKING OF THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB IAD02FA074Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportJackson, NJThe pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin and subsequent impact with terrain.Jul 20, 2002 · Destroyed