20120423007049A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · League Harry LANCAIR PROPJET · Sisters, OR · April 23, 2012

Date
April 23, 2012 · 10:15 local
Place
Sisters, OR
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N66HL
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR12FA180
Reported as
League Harry Lancair Propjet
Reported engine
WALTER M601E-11A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
11,000 total

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.

The evidence to date indicates the following: instructional flight, aircraft did a climbing turn from 10500 to 11700 while slowing. A stall occurred and during subsequent recovery the aircraft was overloaded and a in flight breakup followed.

As the FAA filed it

THE EVIDENCE TO DATE INDICATES THE FOLLOWING: INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, AIRCRAFT DID A CLIMBING TURN FROM 10500 TO 11700 WHILE SLOWING. A STALL OCCURRED AND DURING SUBSEQUENT RECOVERY THE AIRCRAFT WAS OVERLOADED AND A IN FLIGHT BREAKUP FOLLOWED.

NTSB investigation

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