Reitz Mohawk 1 accident near Camdenton, MO
On July 14, 2001, a Reitz Mohawk 1 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Camdenton, MO. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 14, 2001
- Place
- Camdenton, MO
- Aircraft
- Reitz Mohawk 1 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.001°N, 92.740°W
- NTSB ID
- 20010726X01522
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On July 14, 2001, about 1345 central daylight time, an amateur-built Reitz Mohawk 1, N109WR, piloted by a private pilot, was destroyed by impact with a transmission wire, with terrain, and by fire following an in-flight loss of control during climbout from runway 15 at Camdenton Memorial Airport (H21), near Camdenton, Missouri. The personal flight was operating under 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was on file. The pilot was fatally injured. The local flight was originating from H21 at the time of the accident. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Inspectors interviewed a witness who had test flown the accident aircraft that morning. A report of that interview noted: I asked [the witness] to describe what he saw of the accident, and he relayed the following story; The aircraft, N109WR, was a homebuilt airplane that was highly modified from the original plans and certificated as Experimental by the FSDO [Flight Standards District Office] in April of this year. He made several test flights in it since then, pronouncing it unsafe after each one and recommending further modifications. On the final flight he found it controllable, but very sensitive to elevator inputs and almost unresponsive to rudder input during flight. He said he only flew it around the traffic pattern once that morning. He mentioned that he and the owner ... adjusted the propeller to get more RPM's from the engine, experimented with the radios, refueled it, and [the owner] asked if it was safe to taxi. [The witness] tol
Probable cause
The pilot not performing an aborted takeoff and the inadvertent stall he encountered on his inadvertent initial climb. Factors were his inadvertent lift-off, the reported inadequate rudder control, his inadvertent flight with known deficiencies, and the transmission wire.
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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.
