Yakovlev YAK 52 accident near Brownsboro, AL
On September 16, 2012, a Yakovlev YAK 52 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Brownsboro, AL. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- September 16, 2012
- Place
- Brownsboro, AL
- Aircraft
- Yakovlev YAK 52 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 34.744°N, 86.459°W
- NTSB ID
- 20120916X71751
Official records · ERA12FA565
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn September 16, 2012, about 1515 central daylight time, a, Yakovlev Yak-52, N2207X, registered to Matrushka LLC and operated by an individual, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain after a loss of control at Moontown Airport (3M5), Brownsboro, Alabama. The pilot and the student pilot rated passenger were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 91, personal flight. The accident occurred on the last day of the "Moontown Airport Annual Grass Strip Fly In" which was organized by Experimental Aircraft Association, Chapter 190, and the Moontown Airport. Several witnesses observed three Yak-52 airplanes flying from west to east in trailing formation, each slightly lower than the one in front. When they were southeast of the airport, the lead airplane performed a barrel roll, followed by the second airplane in the formation which also performed a barrel roll. The third airplane then entered a barrel roll however the nose of the airplane "dropped" into an extremely low attitude as it came through the inverted arc of the roll. The roll then stopped but, the airplane was almost full nose down in a vertical descent. The airplane then appeared to immediately begin pitching up, and the airplane's pitch attitude decreased to about 45 degrees nose low. The pitch attitude continued to decrease but, the airplane began to oscillate rapidly about the roll and pitch axis. A few seconds later the airplane's heading changed approximately 180 degrees (from west
Probable cause
The pilot's loss of control while performing a low-level aerobatic maneuver, which resulted in collision 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.
