- Date
- December 2, 1993, 16:51 local (22:51 UTC)
- Place
- Warrensburg, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7631CCleveland Piel Emeraude CP-304
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19931202045759A
- Case key
- 9434
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Probable cause
the intentional entry of a stall/spin by the student pilot.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The solo student pilot states that he climbed the experimental, home built airplane to an altitude of 4,200 feet MSL to practice normal spin entry and recovery. Out of curiosity, he applied power while in the spin to see if the airplane would spin faster. The airplane's nose immediately rose, and as the airplane entered into a flat spin, the engine lost power. The pilot was unable to recover before impact with the ground.
Factual narrative
On December 2, 1993, at 1651 central standard time, a Piel Emeraude CP-304, N7631C, sustained substantial damage in a crash at a private airstrip near Warrensburg, Missouri. The solo student pilot received serious injuries. The local instructional flight originated at the private strip where the accident occurred. No flight plan was filed, and visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time.
In a written statement provided to the NTSB, the pilot states that he had climbed to an altitude of 4,200 feet MSL to practice normal spin entry and recovery. Out of curiosity, he said he applied power while in the spin to see if the airplane would spin faster. The airplane's nose immediately rose, and as the airplane entered into a flat spin, the engine lost power. The pilot was unable to recover before impact with the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7631C
- Reported as
- Cleveland Piel Emeraude CP-304 (PIEL EMERA)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1036
- Engine
- Continental C85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald H. Fletcher, Sr.
- Registered owner
- Donald H. Fletcher, Sr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKC, 54 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.