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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Yakovlev YAK 52 · Brownsboro, AL · September 16, 2012

Date
September 16, 2012 · 15:15 local
Place
Brownsboro, AL
Airport
Moontown
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2207X
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA12FA565
Reported as
Yakovlev YAK 52
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
6,150 total305 in this make and model45 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.

During a fly-in event, the pilot completed a low level roll parallel to the runway, aircraft entered into an accelerated stall, experiencing a rapid altitude loss, aircraft impacted the ground and was destroyed in post impact fire, resulting in fatal injuries to the pilot and passenger.

As the FAA filed it

DURING A FLY-IN EVENT, THE PILOT COMPLETED A LOW LEVEL ROLL PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY, AIRCRAFT ENTERED INTO AN ACCELERATED STALL, EXPERIENCING A RAPID ALTITUDE LOSS, AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND WAS DESTROYED IN POST IMPACT FIRE, RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND PASSENGER.

NTSB investigation

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