# Accident 20130623011179A: Nanchang China CJ-6, Wolcott, CO, June 23, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2013, 08:11 local time
- Place: Wolcott, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8056° N, 106.7144° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8056&lon=-106.7144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2726C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2726C-2018-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nanchang China CJ-6 (registry code 05628VC, https://openairdocs.org/model/nanchang-china-cj-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NANCHANG CHINA CJ-6
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA368](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA368) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130623011179A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 23, 2013, ABOUT 0811 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL EXHIBITION NANCHANG CHINA CJ-6 AIRPLANE, N2726C, IMPACTED TERRAIN WHILE MANEUVERING NEAR WOLCOTT, COLORADO. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER WERE BOTH FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN BY AN ACQUAINTANCE?S HOUSE TWICE; THEN DEPARTED TO THE SOUTH. A WITNESS INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED AND ROLLED INVERTED TO COMPLETE A HALF LOOP. THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO COMPLETE THE MANEUVER AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT. DAY VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE FLIGHT, WHICH DID NOT OPERATE ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE EAGLE COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT (EGE), NEAR EAGLE, COLORADO, ABOUT 0757.

## 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 CEN13LA368](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA368), Jun 23, 2013: Nanchang China CJ-6 (N2726C), Wolcott, CO, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilots decision to perform an aerobatic maneuver at a low altitude from which he was unable to recover.

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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