Brown STEEN SKYBOLT accident near Harrison, OH
On August 22, 2009, a Brown STEEN SKYBOLT (airplane) was involved in an accident near Harrison, OH. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 22, 2009
- Place
- Harrison, OH
- Aircraft
- Brown STEEN SKYBOLT · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.259°N, 84.774°W
- NTSB ID
- 20090821X24622
Official records · CEN09LA536
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 21, 2009, about 2010 eastern daylight time, an amateur-built Brown Steen Skybolt, N14BB, piloted by a commercial pilot, was destroyed during an in-flight collision with terrain near Harrison, Ohio. The flight was being conducted under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 without a flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The pilot and passenger sustained fatal injuries. The local flight departed Cincinnati West Airport (I67), Harrison, Ohio, just prior to the accident. A witness stated that the flight departed runway 19 (2,803 feet by 60 feet, asphalt) at I67. He noted that the initial portion of the takeoff was out of his line of sight. However, when the airplane came into view it appeared to have just lifted off. He reported that it was flying “straight-and-level” over the runway about 50 feet above ground level (agl). When the airplane reached the departure end of the runway, it pitched up into a “very steep” climb angle of about 45 -50 degrees. The climb continued to approximately 200 feet agl, when the airplane entered a left turn to an easterly heading. However, the airplane continued banking to the left until it became inverted. At that point, the nose of the airplane was “pointed almost straight down. The plane continued to spin to the left until it disappeared from sight behind the fence.” The airplane impacted terrain about 0.15 mile southeast of the departure end of the runway. The site was located on an embankment near the perimeter fence surrounding a school bus parking lot. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The pilot, age 47,
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
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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.
