# Accident 20050723015249A: Yaklev YAK52, Claremore, OK, July 23, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2005, 13:26 local time
- Place: Claremore, OK
- Airport: Claremore Regional Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2889° N, 95.4744° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2889&lon=-95.4744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2331C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2331C-2018-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Yakovlev YAK 52 (registry code 9830220, https://openairdocs.org/model/yakovlev-yak-52) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: YAKLEV YAK52
- Reported engine: VEDENY M14P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,789 total, 542 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA187) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050723015249A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 23, 2005 AT APPROXIMATELY 1826 UTC, A YAKOVLEV YAK-52, N2331C, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN AT THE CLAREMORE REGIONAL AIRPORT, CLAREMORE, OK. THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT WAS TAKING OFF FROM RUNWAY 17 AS PART OF THE WINGS OVER OKLAHOMA AIRSHOW. DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB, THE PILOT EXECUTED AN AILERON ROLE AT APPROXIMATELY 75 FT AGL; REMAINED IN AN INVERTED ATTITUDE AND SETTLED TO MEDIAN OF THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY. A POST CRASH FIRE ENSUED AFTER IMPACT. THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 1832 UTC WERE AS FOLLOWS: KGCM-ASOS, SKY CONDITIONS: 7,000 SCATTERED; WINDS 240 DEGREES AT 4 KNOTS; TEMPERATURE 37C; DEWPOINT 21C; ALTIMETER 30.08. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE AIRFRAME, ENGINE, PROPELLER, AND ACCESSORIES REVEALED NO ABNORMALITIES.

## 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 DFW05LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA187), Jul 23, 2005: Yakovlev Yak 52 (N2331C), Claremore, OK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain adequate airspeed while executing a low altitude aerobatic maneuver, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall while inverted. A factor was the low altitude.

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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