- Date
- July 29, 1991, 18:00 local (Jul 30, 1991, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Eagle, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N520WWarner, David B. GLASAIR-SHA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 18000
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering in a turn during initial takeoff climb, resulting in an in flight loss of control, stall, and in flight collision with terrain. Factors were: excessive bank angle and abrupt maneuver at a low altitude insufficient to effect a recovery.
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
Immediately following takeoff, the pilot initiated a right turn. This was followed by an immediate and abrupt left turn to an excessive bank angle. The nose of the aircraft dropped and the aircraft impacted the ground and burned.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N520W
- Reported as
- Warner, David B. GLASAIR-SHA (GLASAIR-SH)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 254
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-360-HIA, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airport
- EGE · Eagle, runway 25, 8,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- EGE, 1 nm away