- Date
- April 25, 2018
- Place
- HeNan Province, China
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N49EWWells Elgin M Starjammer
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-aerobatics: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 97116
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On April 25, 2018, at 1814 local time, an experimental Wells StarJammar airplane, N49EW, crashed during the rehearsal flight for an aerobatic performance at ShangJie general aviation Airport, HeNan Province, P.R. China. The owner/pilot, the sole occupant, was fatally injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The airplane was operated under the pertinent civil regulations of the government of China. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Civil Aviation Administration of China. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Aircraft Accident Investigation Division, Office of Aviation Safety 155 Dongsi Street West Beijing 100710 China Tel: (86) 10 6409-1908 (business hours) (86) 10 6401-2907 (24 hours / 7 days) Email: yf_mao@caac.gov.cn Fax: (86) 10 6405-2829
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49EW
- Reported as
- Wells Elgin M Starjammer (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 001
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
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