Bryant C Crosby BC ULTRA PUP accident near Bardstown, KY
On October 5, 2017, a Bryant C Crosby BC ULTRA PUP (airplane) was involved in an accident near Bardstown, KY. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- October 5, 2017
- Place
- Bardstown, KY
- Aircraft
- Bryant C Crosby BC ULTRA PUP · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 37.824°N, 85.493°W
- NTSB ID
- 20171005X94549
Official records · ERA18FA005
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn October 5, 2017, about 1830 eastern daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Ultra Pup airplane, N484HC, collided with terrain following a go-around at Samuels Field Airport (BRY), Bardstown, Kentucky. The private pilot was fatally injured, and the airplane was substantially damaged. The airplane was registered to and was being operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Day, visual meteorological conditions existed near the airport, and no flight plan was filed for the local, personal flight, which originated about 1815. A pilot-rated witness spoke to the pilot before the flight, and the pilot told him this was his first flight in the airplane. The witness reported that he saw the airplane in a left traffic pattern for runway 3 at BRY, and the pilot was seated in the aft cockpit seat; the first approach appeared normal. He added that, during the landing flare, the pilot appeared to be "over controlling the plane," and the pilot subsequently performed a go-around without touching down. The airplane remained in the traffic pattern for a second approach. The witness momentarily went inside the airport's fixed-base operator, and when he returned to the ramp, he saw the airplane about two-thirds of the way down the runway. As the airplane neared the departure end of the runway, it did not appear to be climbing the rate of the previous two departures. The witness added that, as the airplane passed the departure end of runway 3, the right wing dropped, and the airplane appeared to "go straight down at a high
Probable cause
The pilot's improper decision to initiate a flight in an airplane he had never flown and with no currency in any airplane nor a medical certificate, which resulted in his loss of airplane control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's psychiatric disease, which likely affected his decision-making and judgment.
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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.
