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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Shade Darryl H CHALLENGER II · Galesburg, IL · April 19, 2012

Date
April 19, 2012 · 13:40 local
Place
Galesburg, IL
Airport
Galesburg Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5098K
Reported as
Shade Darryl H Challenger II
Reported engine
ROTAX 582DCDI
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
886 total8 in this make and model17 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.

While turning from downwind to base, the aircraft lost rudder effectiveness. The aircraft stalled and entered a spin. The pilot recovered without enough enough clearance to continue flight. The aircraft landed hard in a field.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TURNING FROM DOWNWIND TO BASE, THE AIRCRAFT LOST RUDDER EFFECTIVENESS. THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND ENTERED A SPIN. THE PILOT RECOVERED WITHOUT ENOUGH ENOUGH CLEARANCE TO CONTINUE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD IN A FIELD.