Walker BREEZY N12BZ

Summary

On 27 August 1999 at about 20:00 local time, a Walker BREEZY registered N12BZ was involved in an accident near Janesville, Wisconsin, 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

27 August 1999 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Janesville, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Rock County Airport (JVL)

Coordinates

42.6506, -88.9493

Aircraft

Walker BREEZY

Registration

N12BZ

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Beloit

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI99FA311

1 person died.

the inadvertent stall. A factor relating to this accident was the pilot's excessive climb rate.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was cleared for takeoff on runway 31 at the Rock County Airport, Janesville, Wisconsin. The manager of the Air Traffic Control Tower said he watched the airplane get airborne just prior to taxiway 'alpha', approximately 2,000 feet down the runway. The airplane climbed out at a 45 degree nose-high pitch attitude. Approximately 100 feet over the intersection of runway 22 and runway 31, the airplane began a left turn. The airplane then turned to the right, 'fishtailed', and 'porpoised' several times. The airplane's nose remained at a high pitch angle the whole time. The airplane began another right turn, but then nosed straight down, hitting the ground. A witness on the ground said that the airplane 'got off in a very short distance, in a ridiculously steep pitch angle.' The airplane started a left turn in a nose-high attitude. The airplane settled, the nose went high, and then the airplane 'fell off to the right into a right-hand spin.' Examination of the airplane revealed no anomalies.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.