# NTSB ATL99LA095: Aircraft Parts & Dev. A-9B, N9082A, Hartsell, AL, May 21, 1999 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: May 21, 1999, 13:50 local (18:50 UTC) - Place: Hartsell, AL - Coordinates: 34.43074, -86.929595 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4307&lon=-86.9296&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 22, 2000 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 46365 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL99LA095 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/46365/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA095 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain flying speed that resulted in the inflight collision with the ground. A factor was the pilot's lack of total experience in the aircraft. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause) - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor) - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - terrain condition - ground - Nose over, landing ## Analysis During a high speed taxi familiarization, the plane became airborne and the pilot decided to go around the pattern and make a landing. While on final approach to land, the pilot stalled the airplane short of the runway, collided with the ground, and nosed over. No mechanical problems with the airplane were reported by the pilot. A review of the pilot's flight experience disclosed that he had not logged any flight time in the A-9B airplane as pilot-in-command. ## Factual narrative On May 21, 1999, at 1350 central daylight time, an Aircraft Parts & Development Corp. A-9B, N9082A, collided with the ground, and nosed over during landing at the Roundtree Field Airport, in Hartsell, Alabama. The airplane was operated by the private pilot under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91, and visual flight rules. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. The pilot was not injured and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The flight departed Hartsell, Alabama, at approximately 1345. According to the pilot, during a high speed taxi familiarization, the airplane became airborne. At that point, the pilot elected to go around the pattern and land. The pilot reported that while on final approach to land, he stalled the airplane short of the runway; the airplane collided with the ground, and nosed over. According to the FAA, damage to the airplane consisted of the nose gear, propeller, and vertical stabilizer. No mechanical problems with the airplane were reported by the pilot. A review of the pilot's flight experience disclosed that he had not logged any flight time in the A-9B airplane as pilot-in-command. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9082A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9082A-2012-11-19), registration cancelled 2012-11-19, S/N 5001, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Aircraft Parts & Dev. Corp A-9B - Registry model: [Aircraft Parts & Dev. A-9B](https://openairdocs.org/model/aircraft-parts-dev-a-9b) (registry code 0360122) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 5001 - Airframe hours: 1800 - Engines: Lycoming I0-540 KIA5 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Charles A. Hill - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special) - Last inspection: Annual, May 19, 1999, 0 hours before - Departed: 5M0 - Airport: 5M0, Hartselle Roundtree, runway 18, 3,600 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 31; flight engineer, private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: center; flight hours: 349 total, 300 as pilot in command, 50 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 20° at 9 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 54 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: ANB, 73 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19990521026259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990521026259A), May 21, 1999: Airpts A9B, Hartselle, AL, Substantial damage. (.4) On may 21, 1999, at 1350 central daylight time, an aircraft parts & development corp. A-9B, N9082A, collided with the ground, and nosed over during… From the NTSB's public API. 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