Air Creation Clipper 912 accident near Woodbine, NJ
On February 7, 2005, an Air Creation Clipper 912 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Woodbine, NJ. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 7, 2005
- Place
- Woodbine, NJ
- Aircraft
- Air Creation Clipper 912 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.228°N, 74.801°W
- NTSB ID
- 20050302X00250
Official records · IAD05LA039
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
On February 7, 2005, about 1545 eastern standard time, an unregistered, amateur built Air Creation Clipper 912, was destroyed when it impacted terrain near Woodbine Municipal Airport (1N4), Woodbine, New Jersey. The non-certificated flight instructor and non-certificated student pilot/owner were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The local instructional flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. A U.S. Coast Guard Helicopter was performing practice takeoffs and landings at the airport, when the crew observed the accident. In written statements, the crewmembers reported that they entered the right base leg of the traffic pattern, and landed on runway 01. They then observed the accident airplane taxiing to runway 12, and subsequently elected to taxi to and depart from runway 12. The crew watched the airplane take off and turn for a left traffic pattern. The helicopter departed about 1 minute later, and entered a right traffic pattern. The crew continued to watch the airplane, and while it was on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern, at a point abeam the runway threshold, it began flying "very erratically." The airplane was diving and banking at bank angles reaching about 80 - 100 degrees. It then regained slight control, abruptly "lost control," and spiraled to the ground near vertically. The entire sequence lasted about 25 seconds. The helicopter then landed in a nearby field, and a crewmember responded to the accident site. He reported that there was no smoke at the site, nor did he smell the odor of fuel. According
Probable cause
The student's failure to maintain control of the airplane, and the flight instructor's inadequate remedial action, which resulted in an uncontrolled descent into terrain.
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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.
