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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech G18S · Taylorville, IL · August 11, 2012

Date: August 11, 2012 · 11:25 local
Place: Taylorville, IL
Airport: Taylorville Municipal
Phase of flight: Other, Specify
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N697Q
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN12FA534
Reported as: Beech G18S
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,425 total

N697QRegistration cancelled Jul 23, 2015 · Beech G18SS/N BA-468 · Built 1959 Airframe modelBeech G18S Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Interviews held with the jumpers on the accident run have given statements that indicate that the pilot stalled the aircraft and it rolled to the left, went inverted and then into a dive. The last jumper got out as the aircraft was in a vertical dive.

As the FAA filed it

INTERVIEWS HELD WITH THE JUMPERS ON THE ACCIDENT RUN HAVE GIVEN STATEMENTS THAT INDICATE THAT THE PILOT STALLED THE AIRCRAFT AND IT ROLLED TO THE LEFT, WENT INVERTED AND THEN INTO A DIVE. THE LAST JUMPER GOT OUT AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A VERTICAL DIVE.

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 CEN12FA534Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportTaylorville, ILThe pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed and use the appropriate flaps setting during sport-parachuting operations, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall/spin and a subsequent loss of control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to…Aug 11, 2012 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N697Q · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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