- Date
- July 12, 1994, 07:15 local (11:15 UTC)
- Place
- Sanford, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N43579Freeman PRO-STAR II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940712044149A
- Case key
- 38786
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed resulting in an inadvertent stall and collision with the terrain.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was conducting a takeoff on runway 32. He stated that 'the ground run took a little farther than normal.' He also said the rate of climb was less than normal. He elected to perform a precautionary landing on the airport. He said, '[while making] a shallow turn to land on the airport, it stalled and spun into the ground.' The airplane was not equipped with a stall warning system.
Factual narrative
On Tuesday, July 12, 1994, at 0715 eastern daylight time, a Freeman Pro-Star II, N43579, a homebuilt airplane, registered to and piloted by Myron Freeman, sustained substantial damage during a takeoff from the Sanford Municipal Airport, Sanford, Maine. The pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The flight was operated under 14 CFR Part 91.
The airplane departed from runway 32. The student pilot reported that "the ground run took a little farther than normal."
He also stated that the rate of climb was "less than normal." He elected to perform a precautionary at the airport, and he initiated a turn back to the runway. He said, "It stalled and spun into the ground."
The airplane was not equipped with a stall warning system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43579
- Reported as
- Freeman PRO-STAR II (PRO-STAR I)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1162
- Airframe hours
- 106
- Engine
- Subaru EA-81, 80 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Myron Freeman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 10, 1993 · 28 hours before
- Airport
- SFM · Sanford Municipal Airport, runway 32, 5,000 × 150 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 82 total · 63 in this make and model · 42 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.