# Accident 20080918849669A: Cessna E162, Douglass, KS, September 18, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2008, 11:30 local time
- Place: Douglass, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4864° N, 96.9247° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4864&lon=-96.9247&mi=10
- Aircraft: N162XP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N162XP-2009-06-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 162 (registry code 060005E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200 series (registry code 17402, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA E162
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,914 total, 62 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08FA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA234) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080918849669A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION SPIN TESTING THE PILOT ENTERED A LEFT SPIN WITH POWER ON AND FLAPS SET A 10 DEG AND AILERONS TO THE OUTSIDE OF SPIN.  THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER FROM THE SPIN USING APPROPRIATE CONTROL INPUTS AND DEPLOYED THE BALLISTIC RECOVERY SYSTEM WHICH ALSO FAILED.  THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO EGRESS THE AIRCRAFT AND SAFELY PARACHUTE TO THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 DFW08FA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA234), Sep 18, 2008: Cessna E162 (N162XP), Douglas, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane's inability to recover from an intentional spin, despite proper control inputs by the flight test pilot. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the airplane's ballistic…

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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