- Date
- October 13, 1991, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Hartford, VT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N898KGDenney Aircraft Behn KIT FOX III
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 37037
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Probable cause
An inadvertent stall/spin. Factors related to the accident were an improperly planned approach by the pilot, the failure of the pilot to attain and maintain flying speed, rising terrain, and turbulent air conditions.
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 misread the terrain and initiated an approach to rising terrain. He made a go around and was unable to lower the nose enough to accelerate. During the go around, the airplane entered a stall/spin. In addition, the winds were gusty and the airplane was flying through turbulent air.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N898KG
- Reported as
- Denney Aircraft Behn KIT FOX III (KIT FOX II)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 898
- Engine
- Rotax 912-A1, 80 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Peter C. Behn
- Registered owner
- Peter C. Behn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- 0B7 · Warren, VT
- Airport
- NONE · None, runway 11, 1,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,225 total · 1,200 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Observed at
- LEB, 13 nm away