# Accident 20140819015759A: Becker Elmer L STOL CH 750, Grain Valley, MO, August 19, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2014, 14:00 local time
- Place: Grain Valley, MO
- Airport: East Kansas City Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0156° N, 94.2125° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0156&lon=-94.2125&mi=10
- Aircraft: N484XB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N484XB-2016-06-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Becker Elmer L STOL CH 750 (registry code 05632EX, https://openairdocs.org/model/becker-elmer-l-stol-ch-750) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Viking 110 (registry code 63700, https://openairdocs.org/engine/viking-110) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BECKER ELMER L STOL CH 750
- Reported engine: VIKING 110
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 204 total, 7 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA441](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA441) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140819015759A

## Narrative

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

THIS AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH-AND-GOES ON RUNWAY 9/27 WHEN DURING CLIMB OUT ON RUNWAY 27, AT ABOUT 100 FEET AGL, THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY PITCHED HARD TO THE RIGHT AND STARTED A RAPID DECENT TO TOWARD THE GROUND. WIND AT THE TIME WAS APPROXIMATELY 5-8 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTH. ON-SITE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 120 FEET TO THE NORTH OF RUNWAY 9/27 AND APPROXIMATELY 1600 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO IMPACT THE TERRAIN AT A HIGH ANGLE WITH THE RIGHT WING CONTACTING THE GROUND FIRST IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT, THEN THE LEFT WING CONTACTING THE GROUND WITH THE AIRCRAFT FINALLY COMING TO REST UPSIDE DOWN WITH THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT FACING SOUTH TOWARD RUNWAY 9/27.

## 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 CEN14LA441](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA441), Aug 19, 2014: Becker Elmer L Stol CH 750 (N484XB), Grain Valley, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during a low-speed, high-pitch climb after the airplane experienced a loss of electrical power and subsequent total loss of engine power, which…

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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