- Date
- July 18, 2007, 15:14 local (20:14 UTC)
- Place
- Anderson, AL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- UNREGPhantom Sport XI
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
- Case key
- 66284
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Probable cause
The failure of the unqualified person (pilot) to maintain airspeed during the initial climb, resulting in an inadvertent stall, uncontrolled descent, and in-flight collision with a residence.
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 non-certificated pilot stalled the airplane during the initial climb. The airplane then descended and impacted a house then the ground.
Factual narrative
The non-certificated pilot stated that the wind was calm and it was later determined that he departed from runway 09. The pilot further stated that after becoming airborne when the flight was approximately 3/4 down the 900 foot long grass runway, the airplane stalled. The airplane impacted into a garage of a residence near the runway then the ground. The pilot exited the airplane; he did not report any failure or malfunction of the engine or airframe.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Phantom Sport XI
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- Unknown
- Engine
- Rotax 503, 50 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bill L. Gildersleeve
- Registered owner
- None
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- Anderson, AL
- Destination
- Anderson, AL
- Airport
- runway 09, 900 × ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 33 total · 18 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Observed at
- KDCU