Quad City CHALLENGER accident near Crescent City, FL
On November 9, 2016, a Quad City CHALLENGER (airplane) was involved in an accident near Crescent City, FL. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 9, 2016
- Place
- Crescent City, FL
- Aircraft
- Quad City CHALLENGER · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 29.408°N, 81.514°W
- NTSB ID
- 20161109X11027
Official records · ERA17FA038
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn November 9, 2016, at 0913 eastern standard time, an experimental amateur-built Challenger II airplane, N327SH, was destroyed during an in-flight breakup in Crescent City, Florida. The flight instructor and student pilot were fatally injured. The airplane was registered to the Juguetes, LLC, and the instructional flight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed near the accident site, and no flight plan was filed for the local flight, which departed Skinners Wholesale Nursery Airport, Crescent City, Florida, about 0815. According to a friend of the student pilot, the student purchased the airplane about 3 weeks before the accident. He stated that the student had flown with the flight instructor in the accident airplane at least twice. According to the student's wife, the airplane belonged to a company that employed the student, and he had purchased it on behalf of the company. During the accident flight, the student was seated in the front seat, and flight instructor was seated in the rear seat. The investigation could not determine which pilot was flying the airplane at the time of the accident. A witness stated that, while outside in his front yard, which was located about 1,000 ft from the accident site, he saw the airplane flying toward him on a southerly heading above the trees on his neighbor's property. He added that he heard the engine noise decrease "as if to idle speed" and then saw the airplane begin to descend "as if it were gliding." A few seconds later, he sa
Probable cause
An abrupt pitch-up maneuver following a descent, which resulted in the in-flight separation of the right wing due to the overload failure of both the forward and aft right wing attachment brackets.
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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.
