# Accident 20201014015479A: Muse David A STOL CH 750, Sewanee, TN, October 14, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2020, 13:03 local time
- Place: Sewanee, TN
- Airport: Franklin County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2080° N, 85.8932° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2080&lon=-85.8932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N750JD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N750JD-2021-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Muse David A STOL CH 750 (registry code 05635DC, https://openairdocs.org/model/muse-david-a-stol-ch-750) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MUSE DAVID A STOL CH 750
- Reported engine: GM CORVAIR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 155 total, 97 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201014015479A

## Narrative

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

PIC DEPARTED UOS WITH AN AIRMET-T VALID. WINDS WERE REPORTED CALM BY THE PILOT BUT HE SAID IT WAS GUSTY ABOVE THE TREES. PIC DEPARTED OFF RUNWAY 06 AND ENCOUNTERED SIGNIFICANT WIND GUSTS NOT THAT WERE NOT APPEARANT FROM THE GROUND. CLIMBING OUT THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A TURBULENT DOWN DRAFT FROM THE TREE LINE. PIC ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB ABOVE THE TURBULENCE, BUT THE CLIMB PERFORMANCE WAS SEVERELY COMPROMISED DUE TO THE DOWNDRAFT. BY THIS TIME, PIC REPORTED HE WAS PASSED THE POINT HE COULD LAND AGAIN AND WAS TOO LOW TO RETURN. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED INTO A GROWTH OF VEGITATION AND TREES WHICH DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ERA21LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA027), Oct 14, 2020: Muse Stol CH 750 (N750JD), Sewanee, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane’s encounter with a downdraft during the initial climb, which resulted in an impact with trees.

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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