- Date
- October 11, 1993, 17:13 local (22:13 UTC)
- Place
- Yukon, OK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N246REEmmert Tierra II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19931011044799A
- Case key
- 18951
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Probable cause
Was an inadvertent stall. A factor was the gusty tailwind.
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 took off and was turning left crosswind when the airplane suddenly rolled further to the left and stalled. The pilot was recovering when the airplane struck the ground. The pilot's opinion was that a right quartering tailwind gust caused the airplane to stall.
Factual narrative
On October 11, 1993, approximately 1713 central daylight time, an Emmert Tierra II, N246RE, was destroyed during an uncontrolled descent shortly after taking off from Clarence E. Page Airport, Yukon, Oklahoma. The two pilots aboard received serious injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight.
The following is based on the Pilot/Operator report. The pilot had just taken off from runway 17L and was turning left onto the crosswind leg when the airplane suddenly rolled further to the left, stalled, and spun approximately 150 degrees. The pilot was able to arrest the spin and was in the process of recovering when the airplane struck the ground. The pilot said he thought a right quartering gust of wind caused the airplane to stall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N246RE
- Reported as
- Emmert Tierra II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2467E
- Airframe hours
- 31
- Engine
- Rotax 532 UL, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Emmert, Raymond L.
- Registered owner
- Emmert, Raymond L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 31, 1992 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- F29 · Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport
- F29 · Clarence E. Page, runway 17L, 3,502 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,270 total · 31 in this make and model · 1,250 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PWA, 9 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.