Gentry John K CHINOOK PL accident near Bridgeport, TX
On May 29, 2009, a Gentry John K CHINOOK PL (airplane) was involved in an accident near Bridgeport, TX. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- May 29, 2009
- Place
- Bridgeport, TX
- Aircraft
- Gentry John K CHINOOK PL · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 33.172°N, 97.824°W
- NTSB ID
- 20090602X72014
Official records · CEN09LA331
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
On May 29, 2009, approximately 1130 central daylight time, N31773, an experimental Gentry Chinook Plus 2 ultralight, sustained substantial damage when it collided with trees in a nose down attitude while preparing to land at the Sears private airstrip near Bridgeport, Texas. The certified flight instructor and the private pilot were seriously injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The wife of the private pilot said that her husband had purchased the ultralight in 2008 and this was his first flight. He had been waiting until the Spring so he could go up with an instructor. The wife stated that after her husband and the instructor departed, they made two circuits around the private airstrip. While on the third circuit as the airplane turned onto the downwind leg, she saw the ultralight make a sudden left bank and pitch down. In a written statement, the flight instructor said that when he arrived at the private pilot's private airstrip they both conducted a preflight inspection of the ultralight. The instructor then proceeded to taxi up and down the runway before he departed on a short solo flight. During this flight, he performed basic turns and discovered that when a small amount of aileron input was applied he needed to apply a much larger input of rudder to maintain coordinated flight. After landing, the instructor informed the private pilot about the rudder/aileron relationship and that it would be too noisy for him to provide any instruction. The priv
Probable cause
The flight instructor and pilot's decision to take off with known control deficiencies with the aircraft which resulted in a loss of control.
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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.
