20081021853099A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Qckslv GT500 · Wingate, NC · October 21, 2008

Date
October 21, 2008
Place
Wingate, NC
Airport
Arant
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N184GT
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA09LA025
Reported as
Qckslv GT500
Reported engine
HIRTH
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
350 total319 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The instructor pilot privacy data omitted stated, the aircraft had been flying a simulated cross country earlier, for approximately 1.5 hours. They landed at Arant airfield (1NC6) came to a complete stop. Taxied to the end of the runway and took-off on a southerly direction. As the aircraft climbed, the pilot veered the aircraft to the right, near the end of the runway the engine stopped. The aircraft crashed in the cornfield. The instructor pilot stated the left wheel touched the ground, causing the nose to hit, and the aircraft flipped upside down. The fuel in the fuel tanks leaked out on the ground.

As the FAA filed it

THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED, THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN FLYING A SIMULATED CROSS COUNTRY EARLIER, FOR APPROXIMATELY 1.5 HOURS. THEY LANDED AT ARANT AIRFIELD (1NC6) CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. TAXIED TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND TOOK-OFF ON A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION. AS THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED, THE PILOT VEERED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT, NEAR THE END OF THE RUNWAY THE ENGINE STOPPED. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN THE CORNFIELD. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT STATED THE LEFT WHEEL TOUCHED THE GROUND, CAUSING THE NOSE TO HIT, AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. THE FUEL IN THE FUEL TANKS LEAKED OUT ON THE GROUND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.