- Date
- October 17, 2004, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Augusta, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N87EZMoody Easy Riser
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Atlanta FSDO
- FAA report
- 20041017034859A
- Case key
- 61276
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin, and subsequent collision with the ground.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to witnesses, the pilot was finishing the final demonstration and turning from downwind to left base at approximately 150 feet. The pilot stated that while he was banking the airplane to the left, he lost visual contact with the ground, and stalled the airplane. The airplane collided with the ground on the west end of runway 23. The post-accident examination of the airplane revealed the fuselage was buckled. No flight control or mechanical anomalies were reported by the pilot prior to the accident.
Factual narrative
On October 17, 2004, at 1500 eastern daylight time, an experimental Moody Easy Riser, N87EZ registered to and operated by a private pilot, collided with the ground during a turn back for landing demonstration at Daniel Field, Augusta, Georgia. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the pilot received serious injuries. The flight departed Daniel Field, Georgia on October 17, 2004 at 1445.
According to witnesses, the pilot was finishing the final demonstration and turning from downwind to left base at approximately 150 feet. The pilot stated that while he was banking the airplane to the left, he lost visual contact with the ground, and stalled the airplane. The airplane collided with the ground on the west end of runway 23.
The post-accident examination of the airplane revealed the fuselage was buckled. No flight control or mechanical anomalies were reported by the pilot prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87EZ
- Reported as
- Moody Easy Riser
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- JKM3
- Engine
- Hirthmotoren F36A15, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John K Moody
- Registered owner
- John K Moody
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- DNL · Augusta, GA
- Destination
- DNL
- Airport
- DNL · Daniel Field, runway 23, 4,002 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 650 total · 200 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- DNL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.