Ellsberg One Design accident near Madras, OR
On June 25, 2005, an Ellsberg One Design (airplane) was involved in an accident near Madras, OR. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 25, 2005
- Place
- Madras, OR
- Aircraft
- Ellsberg One Design · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 44.666°N, 121.163°W
- NTSB ID
- 20050628X00892
NTSB summary
On June 25, 2005, about 1333 Pacific daylight time, an Ellsberg One Design amateur-built experimental airplane, N555TE, impacted the ground during performance of aerobatic maneuvers at the City-County Airport near Madras, Oregon. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant, sustained fatal injuries, and the airplane was destroyed by impact and fire damage. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local personal flight that was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. The airplane departed from the Madras Airport at an unknown time. According to a report by an officer with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office who responded to the scene of the accident, the pilot was a "featured stunt pilot in the yearly Madras air show" and was practicing aerobatic maneuvers when the accident occurred. According to a written statement provided by a witness, who was standing outside a hangar on the airport observing the flight, the pilot made his third pass "to the North paralleling runway 34 on the east side of the asphalt and transitioned into a vertical climb, [and] at the top of the climb at an altitude of approximately 1500 [feet] AGL he put the aircraft into a controlled flat spin to the left." The witness reported that the pilot completed 4 to 5 rotations before recovering from the spin "on a heading towards the south at an altitude of about 70 feet AGL." The witness further reported that "at this point it appeared that the pitch was lowered to approximately -15 degrees at around 40 feet AGL but for a
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance from terrain while performing aerobatics which resulted in a collision with the ground.
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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.
