Nanchang CJ6 accident near Blackshear, GA
On October 21, 2016, a Nanchang CJ6 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Blackshear, GA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- October 21, 2016
- Place
- Blackshear, GA
- Aircraft
- Nanchang CJ6 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 31.302°N, 82.280°W
- NTSB ID
- 20161021X72937
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 21, 2016, about 1430 eastern daylight time, an experimental Nanchang CJ-6A airplane, N10EB, impacted terrain near Blackshear, Georgia, after a midair collision while maneuvering in formation with another experimental Nanchang CJ-6A airplane, N33CY. The private pilot of N10EB was fatally injured, and the airplane was substantially damaged by impact forces and a postcrash fire. The airline transport pilot and the passenger aboard N33CY were not injured, and the airplane sustained minor damage. Both airplanes were privately owned and operated. Both flights were being operated under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 as personal flights. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and no flight plan had been filed for either of the local flights, which departed from Waycross-Ware County Airport (AYS), Waycross, Georgia. The formation flight was a part of an event organized by the Red Star Pilots Association. One purpose of the event was for the association's members to practice their formation flying skills. The two accident airplanes were part of a four-airplane formation, with N10EB in the No. 3 position in the formation and N33CY in the No. 1 (lead) position. The formation flight was conducted with two other Nanchang airplanes and involved a "fingertip strong" left formation, in which there are an even number of airplanes in formation, the left side of the formation has an extra airplane on the left (outside) when looked at from above. For the formation flight, the call sign "Bama" was
Probable cause
The Bama 3 pilot's failure to properly conduct an overshoot maneuver and his premature climb before he was clear of the lead airplane, Bama 1, which lead to a midair collision.
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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.
