# Accident 20121016024259A: Cashmer Philip M SONEX, Crossville, TN, October 16, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2012, 08:30 local time
- Place: Crossville, TN
- Airport: Crossville Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9511° N, 85.0847° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9511&lon=-85.0847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N198PC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N198PC-2022-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cashmer Philip M SONEX (registry code 05630I3, https://openairdocs.org/model/cashmer-philip-m-sonex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Aeroconver AEROVEE (registry code 01401, https://openairdocs.org/engine/aeroconver-aerovee) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CASHMER PHILIP M SONEX
- Reported engine: AEROCONVER AEROVEE
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 65 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121016024259A

## Narrative

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

PILOT RECORDS ARE UNAVAILABLE DUE TO SUCH SERIOUS INJURY AND COMATOSE STATE.  OPEN BRAIN INJURY, LOST OF EYE, AND SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA.  WIFE HAS MULTIPLE UPPER BODY TRAUMA WITH BROKEN SHOULDERS, RIBS, ARMS, AND FACICAL FRACTURES.PILOT APPARENTLY WAS NOT WEARING SEAT BELT AND WAS EJECTED THROUGH CANOPY AND OVER WIFE.PILOT AND WIFE WERE FORCED TO LAND IN COPPERHILL (1A3) TN DUE TO WEATHER.  THE NEXT DAY UPON TAXING OUT THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING TWICE, PLUS ONE FORCE SHUT DOWN DUE TO FBO PERSONNEL WAVING THAT A TOWEL WAS ON THE ELEVATOR.  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED (1A3) AND FLEW TO CROSSVILLE, TN (CSV) FOR A FLY IN OF SONEX AIRCRAFT.  THE WEEKEND FLY-IN WAS COMPLETD WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE NOTICING HOW "NICE" THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS BUILT.THEN ON TUESDAY OCTOBER 16, 2012 AT 8:30AM N198PC DEPARTED CSV WITH HUSBAND AND WIFE ONBOARD AT APPROXIMATLY 50 FEET ENGINE POWER WAS LOST OR POWER WAS PULLED  BACK FOR A SHORT TIME NEAR MID FIELD.  THEN AS SUDDENLY AS POWER WAS LOST IT BEGAN TO PRODUCE POWER AGAIN. PILOT ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE TAKEOFF, EVEN THOUGH ENOUGH RUNWAY WAS AVAILBLE TO LAND. AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROXIMATLY 100 YARDS OF END OF RUNWAY.  WITNESS STATED HALF SPIN GROUND IMPACT.

## 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 ERA13LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA024), Oct 16, 2012: Cashmer Philip M Sonex (N198PC), Crossville, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane, which resulted in a low-altitude aerodynamic stall/spin. Contributing to the accident was a loss of engine power for reasons that could not be…

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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