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FAA accident report · American Champion 8KCAB · Marysville, OH · December 22, 2011

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Date
December 22, 2011 · 11:52 local
Place
Marysville, OH
Airport
Union County
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N161PC
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN12LA112
Reported as
American Champion 8KCAB
Reported engine
Lycoming AEIO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
9,200 total
N161PCRegistration cancelled Oct 19, 2017 · American Champion 8KCABS/N 962-2004 · Built 2004Airframe modelAmerican Champion 8KCABEngine modelLycoming AEIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

On December 22, 2011, privacy data omitted was the pilot in command of aircraft N161PC. privacy data omitted Was being observed by a icas examiner during his demonstration of areobatic manuevers in the practice box at the Marysville airport. The weather at the time the of the accident was 10 statute miles visibility, calm winds and a ceiling of 2200 feet. The pilot was performing a low level aerobatic manuever, which the eye witnesses said was intended to reverse course within the practice box. The witnesses also stated the aircraft was only 100 to 400 feet above the ground and appeared to them the pilot did not have enough altitude to complete the manuever. According to some of the witnesses and the results from our investigation of the post crash scene, the aircraft impacted the ground in a low nose attitude striking the ground with the nose and right wing, causing the engine and right wing to separate from the fuselage. The pilot sustained fatal injuries and the aircraft was destroyed by the impact.

As the FAA filed it

ON DECEMBER 22, 2011, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF AIRCRAFT N161PC. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS BEING OBSERVED BY A ICAS EXAMINER DURING HIS DEMONSTRATION OF AREOBATIC MANUEVERS IN THE PRACTICE BOX AT THE MARYSVILLE AIRPORT. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME THE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS 10 STATUTE MILES VISIBILITY, CALM WINDS AND A CEILING OF 2200 FEET. THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING A LOW LEVEL AEROBATIC MANUEVER, WHICH THE EYE WITNESSES SAID WAS INTENDED TO REVERSE COURSE WITHIN THE PRACTICE BOX. THE WITNESSES ALSO STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS ONLY 100 TO 400 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AND APPEARED TO THEM THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO COMPLETE THE MANUEVER.ACCORDING TO SOME OF THE WITNESSES AND THE RESULTS FROM OUR INVESTIGATION OF THE POST CRASH SCENE, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A LOW NOSE ATTITUDE STRIKING THE GROUND WITH THE NOSE AND RIGHT WING, CAUSING THE ENGINE AND RIGHT WING TO SEPARATE FROM THE FUSELAGE. THE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY THE IMPACT.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB CEN12LA112Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportMarysville, OHThe pilot’s failure to maintain sufficient altitude from the terrain while performing low-level aerobatics.Dec 22, 2011 · Substantial damage