Stolte DEUCE accident near Prentiss, MS
On June 19, 1994, a Stolte DEUCE (airplane) was involved in an accident near Prentiss, MS. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 19, 1994
- Place
- Prentiss, MS
- Aircraft
- Stolte DEUCE · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 31.589°N, 89.871°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001206X01597
NTSB summary
On June 19, 1994, about 1430 central daylight time, a Stolte Deuce homebuilt airplane, N10RS, registered to Joseph H. Steverson, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 personnel flight, crashed in the vicinity of Prentiss, Mississippi, while conducting acrobatic maneuvers. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed. The private pilot was fatally injured. The flight originated from the Hattiesburg Bobby L. Chain Airport, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, located 35 miles southeast of the crash site about 30 minutes before the accident. A family member and other witnesses observed the airplane conducting an acrobatic flight about a 1/2 mile from the pilot's house. The airplane was at about 3,000 feet agl, and had completed about three loops before the airplane was observed to pitch straight up, and enter a hammerhead stall, followed by a wing over and spin to the right. An increase in engine power was heard as the airplane disappeared from view behind a hill. The witnesses stated they thought the pilot had recovered from the maneuver and returned to the Prentiss Jefferson Davis County Airport. The airplane wreckage was located on June 20, 1994. Review of airman records on file with the Aeromedical Certification Division, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, revealed the pilot, Joseph H. Steverson, had recorded as logged on his application for a third class medical certificate, dated May 26, 1992, that he had 3,350 flight hours with 8 hours being recorded as logged in the previous 6 months. The pilot's son, Lonnie J. Steverson, stated he has been un
Probable cause
FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE WHILE PERFORMING AN AEROBATIC MANEUVER AND RECOVERING FROM A SPIN. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW PROCEDURES/DIRECTIVES, LACK OF FORMAL TRAINING IN AEROBATIC FLIGHT, AND OVERCONFIDENCE IN HIS ABILITY TO PERFORM AEROBATICS.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
