Drone Paul E PULSAR III accident near Carmi, IL
On June 21, 2010, a Drone Paul E PULSAR III (airplane) was involved in an accident near Carmi, IL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- June 21, 2010
- Place
- Carmi, IL
- Aircraft
- Drone Paul E PULSAR III · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 38.089°N, 88.123°W
- NTSB ID
- 20100621X22816
Official records · CEN10LA334
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
On June 20, 2010, at 2007 central daylight time, an experimental, amateur-built Drone Pulsar III, N47PD, sustained substantial damage when it impacted a bean field during an aborted landing from runway 18 (4,001 feet by 75 feet, asphalt) at the Carmi Municipal Airport (CUL), Carmi, Illinois. The commercial pilot received fatal injuries. The 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight departed from CUL as part of a four airplane formation flight. The flight of four airplanes was in the process of landing at CUL when the accident occurred. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. No flight plan was filed. The pilot of the fourth airplane in the flight reported that the airplanes were in a practice formation flight. After they departed from CUL, they joined in an echelon formation. He reported that they flew for about 40 minutes before they returned to CUL for landing. They flew over the runway at CUL and did a formation left break using 5-second intervals in order to land in trail on runway 18. The first two airplanes, which were Cessna 172’s, landed uneventfully. The third airplane in the formation was the Pulsar III. The pilot of the fourth airplane, a Piper PA-28, reported that the accident airplane appeared to be fast and was floating down the runway prior to touching down. The second airplane had not taxied off the runway yet and the accident airplane was closing in on its position. The PA-28 pilot reported that the accident airplane aborted the landing and “made a go-around maneuver.” He reported that the Pulsar III lifted off the runway abruptly with an u
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed after an aborted landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with terrain.
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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.
