Elliot MONNETT MONI N2400M

Summary

On 9 August 1997 at about 15:37 local time, a Elliot MONNETT MONI registered N2400M was involved in an accident near Hollis, New Hampshire, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

9 August 1997 at 15:37

Classification

Accident

Location

Hollis, New Hampshire, United States

Nearest airport

Pepperell Airport (MA09)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Elliot MONNETT MONI

Registration

N2400M

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Pepperell → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC97LA163

1 person died.

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall spin and collision with terrain.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

An FAA Inspector who witnessed the takeoff said the airplane 'lumbered' into the air. A witness on the river adjacent to the departure airport said his attention was drawn to the airplane by the increasing and decreasing engine noise and that nothing appeared wrong with the airplane. The pilot appeared to alternately lose and regain aircraft control. Approximately 400 feet above the ground, the engine accelerated to 'full throttle', the nose pitched up, and the airplane rolled inverted and descended into terrain. The engine did not stop producing power until the airplane was inverted and the nose had descended below the tail. Three weeks before the accident, the pilot logged .8 hours of dual instruction in a Cessna 152. Prior to that flight, the pilot had not flown in 14 months. The pilot had approximately 10 hours flight experience in the accident airplane. Prior to the accident flight, he had not flown the airplane in 2 years.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.