# Accident 20201024015279A: Leckenby Norman LANCAIR 235, Cordes Lakes, AZ, October 24, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2020, 10:30 local time
- Place: Cordes Lakes, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2982° N, 112.0161° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2982&lon=-112.0161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25NL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25NL-2022-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Leckenby Norman LANCAIR 235 (registry code 05603RW, https://openairdocs.org/model/leckenby-norman-lancair-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LECKENBY NORMAN LANCAIR 235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,600 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21FA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201024015279A

## Narrative

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

ON 10-24-2020 THIS AIRCRAFT WAS AT FLIGHT LEVEL 7700 AND DISAPPEARED FROM ATC RADAR. THERE WAS NO MAYDAY FROM THE PILOT. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A SLIGHT MOUNTAIN SLOPE AND ENDED UP INVERTED. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE. THE PILOT AND HIS STEP DAUGHTER WERE DECEASED.  THE AIRCRAFT APPEARS TO HAVE COME STRAIGHT DOWN AS THERE WERE NO WITNESS MARKS ON ANY OF THE SURROUNDING TREES OR FENCE.

10-24-2020, THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED, FAA / NTSB ON SITE ON 10-27-2020.  AS OF NOW THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES.  DUE TO COVID THE ENGINE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED AT THE STORAGE FACILITY.

## 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 WPR21FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21FA025), Oct 24, 2020: Lancair 235 (N25NL), Cordes Lakes, AZ, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during an aerobatic maneuver, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and spin and a loss of control. Contributing to the accident was…

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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