Kerner Lancair IV accident near Allendale, SC
On May 16, 2003, a Kerner Lancair IV (airplane) was involved in an accident near Allendale, SC. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- May 16, 2003
- Place
- Allendale, SC
- Aircraft
- Kerner Lancair IV · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.047°N, 81.314°W
- NTSB ID
- 20030520X00696
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On May 16, 2003, at 1758 eastern daylight time, a Kerner Lancair IV, N29ME, registered to Moser Aviation LLC, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, broke up in-flight in the vicinity of Allendale, South Carolina. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at flight altitude and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed. The commercial pilot and three passengers were fatally injured. The flight originated from Portland, Indiana, on May 16, 2003, at 1452 central daylight time. A witness stated he was sitting in his yard. It was thundering but had not started to rain. He heard an airplane approaching his location traveling towards Allendale from Columbia, South Carolina. He looked up but could not see the airplane due to the cloud cover. The engine sounded like it was at full power and then decreased to idle power. He then heard a sound described as an explosion. He looked in the direction of the sound and observed the cabin area of the airplane come out of the clouds with the wings falling to the ground behind the airplane. Review of communications between the pilot of N29ME and Jacksonville center revealed the pilot contacted Jacksonville center at 1730, at cruise altitude of 17,000 feet. The pilot requested to deviate to the left for weather. The controller instructed the pilot to stay on his present heading until clear of traffic. The controller asked the pilot if he was weather radar capable. The pilot stated he had a storm scope but it was not working. The controller informed the pilot there was a broken l
Probable cause
The pilot's inadvertent flight into adverse weather ,thunderstorms, that resulted in the design limits of the airplane being exceeded.
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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.
