# Accident 20090920049659A: Patrick Dan KOLB MK III, North Stoningto, CT, September 20, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2009, 10:30 local time
- Place: North Stoningto, CT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4367° N, 71.9253° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4367&lon=-71.9253&mi=10
- Aircraft: N208NS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N208NS-2009-12-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Patrick Daniel L KOLB MARK III EXTRA (registry code 05628NA, https://openairdocs.org/model/patrick-daniel-l-kolb-mark-iii-extra) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: HKS 700E (registry code 33777, https://openairdocs.org/engine/hks-700e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PATRICK DAN KOLB MK III
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 9 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA531](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA531) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090920049659A

## Narrative

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

THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS FROM THE POLICE REPORT AND FROM A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE PILOT:  AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 OR 10:45, THE PILOT WAS FLYING AND MAKING HIS FINAL APPROACH AT THE WYCHWOOD AIRPORT (CT48).  HIS FLAP SETTING WAS AT 20 DEGREES AND HE WENT TO 40 DEGREE FLAPS.  AT THIS TIME THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO STALL AND HE TRIED TO POWER UP BUT THE PLANE STALLED AND HE WENT DOWN. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STALLED HIS AIRSPEED WAS TO SLOW AND HE WAS TO LOW AND AT THIS MOMENT HIS LEFT WHEEL HIT THE TOP OF SOME TREES AND THEN HE WENT DOWN.THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET INTO THE WOODS WITH A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE.  THE LEFT WING SPAR WAS SNAPPED, THE TAIL BOOM WAS BROKEN INTO TWO PIECES AND THERE WAS IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING.  THE FUSELAGE WAS INTACT AND THE EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTER (ELT) WAS ACTIVATED.  (THE ELT WAS TURNED OFF BY THE POLICE.)  THE ENGINE IMPACTED THE TREES AND DAMAGED THE CARBURETORS, EXHAUST AND ENGINE MOUNTS.  THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR HEAD INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED FOR OBSERVATION.  THIS AIRCRAFT WAS CERTIFIED AND ISSUED A SPECIAL AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE ON AUGUST 6, 2009.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD ABOUT 4 HOURS IN THIS AIRCRAFT AND THAT HE WAS STILL TEST FLYING IT.  HIS TOTAL TIME IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL WAS AROUND 9 HOURS AND HIS TOTAL PILOT TIME WAS ABOUT 60 HOURS.

## 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 ERA09LA531](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA531), Sep 20, 2009: Daniel L Patrick Kolb Mark (N208NS), Mystic, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during final approach, resulting in an inadvertent stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of total flight experience.

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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