Qualline HATZ CB-1 accident near Pipe Creek, TX
On July 27, 1996, a Qualline HATZ CB-1 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Pipe Creek, TX. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 27, 1996
- Place
- Pipe Creek, TX
- Aircraft
- Qualline HATZ CB-1 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 29.709°N, 98.930°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X06240
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On July 27, 1996, approximately 1215 central daylight time, a homebuilt Oualline Hatz CB-1 airplane, N485D, registered to and operated by a private owner under Title 14 CFR Part 91, was destroyed when it impacted the ground in an uncontrolled descent near Pipe Creek, Texas. Both occupants of the airplane, a private pilot and an airline transport rated pilot, were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed for the personal flight. The airplane departed Kerrville, Texas, approximately 1145, and the intended destination was Freedom Springs Ranch Airport in Pipe Creek. Approximately 0845 on the day of the accident, witnesses observed the airplane depart from Freedom Springs Ranch Airport. The witnesses reported that the owner of the airplane, a private pilot, was occupying the rear seat, and an airline transport rated pilot, who owned a similar Hatz homebuilt airplane, was occupying the front seat. According to one of the witnesses, the owner was the "pilot-in-command." The airplane landed at the Kerrville Municipal Airport in Kerrville, Texas, and was serviced with 7.0 gallons of avgas at 0934. Kerrville line service personnel reported that the airplane then began doing touch and go landings on runway 12. They further reported that while the airplane was in the traffic pattern, they received two phone calls from a "disgruntled" sounding man who stated that there was a white biplane "flying too low over his house." According to one line service person, the airplane, "which was using a right hand pattern, while a
Probable cause
loss of aircraft control in flight for undetermined reason(s).
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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.
