# Accident 20120826018189A: Trick Trikes STSS, Wanamingo, MN, August 26, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2012, 15:35 local time
- Place: Wanamingo, MN
- Airport: Cherry Grove Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2669° N, 92.8036° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2669&lon=-92.8036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5152E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5152E-2022-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Trick Trikes STSS (registry code 05902OG, https://openairdocs.org/model/trick-trikes-stss) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TRICK TRIKES STSS
- Reported engine: SUZUKI
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 388 total, 182 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA588](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA588) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120826018189A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS MAKING A LOW PASS OVER RUNWAY TO ACCOMODATE A VIDEO REQUEST.  TO ACCOMODATE A PASSENGER REQUEST DUE TO TREES ON THE RIGHT OF RUNWAY, A SLIGHT LEFT TURN WAS INITIATED RESULTING IN A LOSS OF ALTITUDE AND AIRSPEED.  PILOT RETURNED TO STRAIGHT AND LEVEL AT FULL POWER BUT HAD INSUFFICIENT POWER TO RECOVER.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO STALL AIRCRAFT BY REDUCING POWER AND PUSHING CONTROL BAR FULL FORWARD UPON HITTING TOP OF CORN IN FIELD PAST END OF RUNWAY.

## 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 CEN12CA588](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA588), Aug 26, 2012: Trick Trikes Stss (N5152E), Wanamingo, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while maneuvering at low altitude, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

## Other reports on N5152E (1)

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

- [Accident 20201111014619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201111014619A), Nov 11, 2020: Trick Trikes STSS (N5152E), Holden, MO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. During climb out from a private airfield, the aircraft rolled left resulting in a stall of the left wing. Left wing stalls. The aircraft impacted the ground…

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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