# Accident 20111204028069A: Thompson Tommy W LOEHLE P5151, Courtland, AL, December 4, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2011, 10:50 local time
- Place: Courtland, AL
- Airport: Courtland
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6589° N, 87.3489° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6589&lon=-87.3489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N212WE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N212WE-2017-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Thompson Tommy W LOEHLE P5151 (registry code 05610BE, https://openairdocs.org/model/thompson-tommy-w-loehle-p5151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: THOMPSON TOMMY W LOEHLE P5151
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,700 total, 1 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111204028069A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 04,2011, AT 1050 CST, AN EXPERIMENTAL LOEHLE 5151, N212WE, CRASHED WHILE ON A FLIGHT IN THE FLIGHT PATTERN AT COURTLAND AIRPORT, COURTLAND, ALABAMA.  VISUAL METROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE WANTED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN AT COURTLAND AIRPORT.  WEATHER WAS CLEAR WITH GUSTY WINDS REPORTED 170 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 17 AND CLIMBED TO 400 FEET AGL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS "FLYING WELL AND TURNED RIGHT INTO THE DOWNWIND PATTERN" .  AFTER APPROXIMATELY 2-5 SECONDS, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A SLOW DECENT, THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER, HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED THE DECENT, SO HE PITCH THE NOSE UP TO REGAIN SPEED.  AT APPROXIMATELY 10-15 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND HE STATED THAT IMPACT WAS EMANATE, HE BEGAN TO FLARE FOR A FORCED LANDING.  HE STATED THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AT APPROXIMATELY 40MPH AND WAS EJECTED THROUGH THE CANOPY.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 ERA12CA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA096), Dec 4, 2011: Thompson Tommy W Loehle P5151 (N212WE), Courtland, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane's inadvertent encounter with excessive windshear while on the downwind traffic pattern leg at low altitude, which resulted in the pilot's inability to arrest the airplane’s descent.…

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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