- Date
- July 22, 2009, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Rosa, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N410BTTolbert Robert R Rans S-6
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Aerodynamic stall/spin
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 2010
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20090722020009A
- Case key
- 74741
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed to avoid an aerodynamic stall during takeoff.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The airplane was taking off from a 4,294-foot-long runway for an initial takeoff. The sport pilot reported to the responding Federal Aviation Administration inspector that the airplane stopped climbing and then nosed over and fell back to the runway. The airplane touched down in a nose-low attitude near the mid-field of the runway, breaking off the nose gear. The airplane rolled off the right side of the runway before nosing over and coming to rest in the inverted position. The airport was located at 4,292 feet mean sea level, with an estimated density altitude of 7,400 feet at the time of the accident.
Factual narrative
The airplane was taking off from a 4,294 foot long runway for an initial takeoff. The sport pilot reported to the responding Federal Aviation Administration inspector that the airplane stopped climbing and then nosed over and fell back to the runway. The airplane touched down in a nose-low attitude, near the mid-field of the runway, breaking off the nose gear. The airplane rolled off the right side of the runway before nosing over and coming to rest in the inverted position. The airport was located at 4,292 feet mean sea level, with an estimated density altitude of 7,400 feet at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N410BT
- Reported as
- Tolbert Robert R Rans S-6
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 01041544
- Engine
- Jabiru 3300, 120 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- KSXU · Santa Rosa, NM
- Destination
- KSXU · Santa Rosa, NM
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- KSXU · Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport, runway 26, 4,294 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 65
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Sport Pilot
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Sport pilot
- Last flight review
- January 26, 2008
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 350 in this make and model · 150 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 11 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.20 inHg
- Observed at
- KLVS, 50 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 5, 2009, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 17 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.