20090508005869A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Pitts S-2B · Weber Falls, OK · May 8, 2009

Date
May 8, 2009 · 18:15 local
Place
Weber Falls, OK
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6027V
Reported as
Pitts S2B
Reported engine
Lycoming AEIO540*
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,500 total500 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

(-23) The pilot was providing flight instruction to a private pilot (student) in the area se of muskogee, OK area, the lessons being conducted were a series of stalls. After the third stall the PIC stated that he had just let the aircraft get too slow and too low and the aircraft began mushing as it continued to descend. The aircraft made initial contact with tree tops along the lowering terrain and then collided nose first into terrain along a tree filled hilside. Both occupants were able to extract themselves from the wreckage and were then assisted by emergency medical personnel.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT WAS PROVIDING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TO A PRIVATE PILOT (STUDENT) IN THE AREA SE OF MUSKOGEE, OK AREA, THE LESSONS BEING CONDUCTED WERE A SERIES OF STALLS. AFTER THE THIRD STALL THE PIC STATED THAT HE HAD JUST LET THE AIRCRAFT GET TOO SLOW AND TOO LOW AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN MUSHING AS IT CONTINUED TO DESCEND. THE AIRCRAFT MADE INITIAL CONTACT WITH TREE TOPS ALONG THE LOWERING TERRAIN AND THEN COLLIDED NOSE FIRST INTO TERRAIN ALONG A TREE FILLED HILSIDE. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE ABLE TO EXTRACT THEMSELVES FROM THE WRECKAGE AND WERE THEN ASSISTED BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL.

Other reports on N6027V · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.