Scheibe SF-28A accident near Canandaigua, NY
On August 17, 2006, a Scheibe SF-28A (airplane) was involved in an accident near Canandaigua, NY. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- August 17, 2006
- Place
- Canandaigua, NY
- Aircraft
- Scheibe SF-28A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 42.903°N, 77.315°W
- NTSB ID
- 20060829X01251
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 17, 2006, at 1138 eastern daylight time, a Scheibe SF-28A motorglider, N14KG, was substantially damaged while maneuvering near Canandaigua Airport (D38), Canandaigua, New York. The certificated private pilot was fatally injured, and the airline transport pilot sustained minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that departed Canandaigua Airport, about 1135. No flight plan was filed for the reexamination flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. The private pilot had been involved in a prior accident, while attempting to abort a landing in a motorglider. He was completing a required reexamination flight under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 44709, for the airline transport pilot, who was a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operations inspector. The FAA inspector planned to cover the subject areas of takeoffs, landings, and aircraft performance. The FAA inspector stated that he briefed the private pilot on the general description of maneuvers to be performed, and the fact that the private pilot would be pilot in command (PIC) for the flight. The FAA inspector conducted an approximate 90-minute verbal examination with the private pilot, and then proceeded with the flight. The private pilot was seated in the front seat, and the FAA inspector was seated in the rear seat. The private pilot performed steep turns, stalls, and flight at minimum controllable airspeed. The private pilot then completed two full-stop landings on runway 13 at D38, a 3,200-foot-long, 75-foot-wide, asphalt runway. During the third takeoff on runway 1
Probable cause
The private pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and impact with trees. Factors were the FAA inspector's delayed remedial action, and his lack of experience in the make and model motorglider.
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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.
