Gentry SERIES 5 VIXEN accident near Naples, ID
On September 12, 1999, a Gentry SERIES 5 VIXEN (airplane) was involved in an accident near Naples, ID. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 12, 1999
- Place
- Naples, ID
- Aircraft
- Gentry SERIES 5 VIXEN · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 48.589°N, 116.400°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X19880
NTSB summary
On September 11, 1999, approximately 1700 Pacific daylight time, a Gentry Series 5 Vixen amateur-built experimental-category airplane, N199DG, collided with terrain near Naples, Idaho. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a post-crash fire, and both occupants (both of whom were private pilots) were fatally injured in the crash. The accident occurred while the airplane was operating from a landing surface on the aircraft owner's property. No flight plan had been filed for the 14 CFR 91 personal flight, which according to a witness was bound for Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Visual meteorological conditions were reported at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, approximately 54 nautical miles south of Naples, at 1655. The aircraft occupants were brothers flying an airplane registered to their father. A witness, a third brother, reported that the purpose of the accident flight was to familiarize one of the brothers (a private pilot with approximately 150 hours total pilot time, according to the witness) with the aircraft, and that the other brother aboard the aircraft (a private pilot with approximately 1,000 hours total pilot time and a tailwheel aircraft endorsement, according to the witness) was pilot-in-command of the accident flight. The witness reported that immediately after taking off, the airplane started a 180-degree turn back to the landing surface, and approached the landing surface in the opposite direction. The witness stated to an FAA inspector that "The aircraft descended to within a few feet (2-4), approximately mid field, appeared to be moving too fast to land and then in
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during a turn back toward the departure surface, resulting in a stall.
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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.
