- Date
- March 16, 1992, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Willacoochee, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- UNREGMaxair 582
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 8577
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain flying speed which resulted in a loss of flight control, and an inadvertent stall.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot and a friend had performed maintenance on the airplane and had completed an extended period of engine runups and high speed taxiing. At the conclusion of the maintenance, all systems were reportedly operational. During a high speed taxi the pilot lifted off and climbed out from the pasture. The flight appeared normal until the pilot started a climbing turn. The pilot lost control of the airplane about 200 feet above the ground and crashed in a nose low attitude. According to the witness, also an ultralight pilot, neither he nor the owner was aware of the pilot's intentions to fly the airplane. No mechanical problems were reported. The airplane was not registered in accordance with current far's. the two seat ultralight- type vehicle did not have an exemption to FAR part 103.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Maxair 582
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- Rotax 582, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Palks, Warren, doing business as 1
- Registered owner
- Palks, Warren
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 800 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VDI, 30 nm away