# Accident 20080702855139A: Lanier TALONXP, Cleveland, GA, July 2, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2008, 08:30 local time
- Place: Cleveland, GA
- Airport: Mountain Airpark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5569° N, 83.7136° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5569&lon=-83.7136&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1974L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1974L-2009-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lanier James A TALON XP (registry code 05615VY, https://openairdocs.org/model/lanier-james-a-talon-xp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LANIER TALONXP
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 214 total, 142 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08LA235) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080702855139A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE FOLLOWING IS FROM A WITNESS STATEMENT: THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED ON RUNWAY 35 (NORTH RUNWAY) AND CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET.  THE PILOT WAS SLUMPED FORWARD, ALMOST TOUCHING THE WINDSCREEN, AND DID NOT WAVE OR MOVE.  THE AIRPLANE NEAR THE END OF THE 2,500 FOOT GRASS STRIP PULLED UP AND CONTINUED TO STEEPLY CLIMB.  AT APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET ALTITUDE THE AIRPLANE PITCHED DOWN.  THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED PITCHED DOWN AND STRUCK THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPLANE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES BY THE TIME THE WITNESS REACHED THE SITE.  THE BALLISTIC PARACHUTE WAS DEPLOYED BY THE HEAT AFTER THE WITNESS ARRIVED.  THE FOLLOWING IS FROM THE ON SITE INVESTIGATION: THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED 48 FEET FROM IT'S INITIAL POINT OF CONTACT WITH THE GROUND.  THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP AFTER STRIKING A TREE, FENCE LINE AND RIDGE OF DIRT.

## 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 NYC08LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08LA235), Jul 2, 2008: Lanier James A Talon XP (N1974L), Cleveland, GA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: An inadvertent stall during the initial climb.

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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