Peecher EAA BIPLANE P-2 N202P

Summary

On 1 June 1991 at about 00:20 local time, a Peecher EAA BIPLANE P-2 registered N202P, operated by Adams, Josephine N, was involved in an accident near Dalton, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 June 1991 at 00:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Dalton, Georgia, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Peecher EAA BIPLANE P-2

Registration

N202P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Adams, Josephine N

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Resaca → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL91LA104

1 person was seriously injured.

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED WHEN HE DIVERTED HIS ATTENTION OUTSIDE THE AIRPLANE WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL AND SUBSEQUENT COLLISION WITH TREES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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THE PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT WHICH INCLUDED A PASS OVER HIS HOME WHERE HIS ESTRANGED WIFE LIVED. SHE CAME OUT AND WAVED AT THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT WAS DISTRACTED. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND ALLOWED THE AIRSPEED TO DECAY; THE AIRPLANE STALLED AND CRASHED IN A WOODED AREA AWAY FROM HOMES. THE PILOT DID NOT REPORT A MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH THE AIRPLANE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.