Yakovlev Yak 52 accident near Claremore, OK
On July 23, 2005, a Yakovlev Yak 52 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Claremore, OK. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- July 23, 2005
- Place
- Claremore, OK
- Aircraft
- Yakovlev Yak 52 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 36.289°N, 95.474°W
- NTSB ID
- 20050725X01083
NTSB summary
On July 23, 2004, at 1326 central daylight time, a Russian manufactured Yakovlev Yak 52 single-engine experimental airplane, N2331C, was substantialy damaged following a loss of control while performing low altitude aerobatics shortly after take off from the Claremore Regional Airport, near Claremore, Oklahoma. The commercial pilot/registered owner of the aircraft, was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the aerobatic flight conducted under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. According to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety inspector, the 1,700-hour pilot was performing at the Wings-over-Oklahoma Air Show. He departed Runway 17 (a 5,200-foot-long and 75 foot-wide asphalt runway), climbed to an altitude about 75 to 100-feet above the runway and rolled inverted. The pilot flew inverted about 1,500 feet down the length of the runway before the airplane settled onto the runway. The vertical stabilizer contacted the runway first followed by the roof of the airplane. A post-crash fire ensued around the cockpit area. The FAA inspector, who was working at the airshow at the time of the accident, examined the airplane and established control continuity for all flight controls. The wooden propeller was destroyed and the vertical stabilizer, rudder and cockpit area sustained structural damage. No pre-mishap anomalies were noted. A witness, who was hired to professionally videotape the airshow, reported that he has seen the pilot's flight routine and practice sessions on numerous occasions. In a written statement h
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to obtain adequate airspeed while executing a low altitude aerobatic maneuver, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall while inverted. A factor was the low altitude.
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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.
