Ross G-202 N39HR
16 February 2001 · Grand Junction, Colorado, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 16 February 2001 at about 22:00 local time, a Ross G-202 registered N39HR was involved in an accident near Grand Junction, Colorado, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 22:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Grand Junction, Colorado, United States
- Coordinates
- 39.0798, -108.5495
- Aircraft
- Ross G-202
- Registration
- N39HR
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Grand Junction → Grand Junction
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DEN01FA053
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
the pilot's inadvertent entry into a spin while performing aerobatic maneuvers. A contributing factor was the pilot's lack of aerobatic experience.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot departed the local airport in the experimental, homebuilt airplane for a practice aerobatic flight. When the pilot failed to arrive home, the flight was reported overdue by the pilot's family. The airplane was found the following day near the edge of a ravine on a hilly open area about 6 miles north of the airport. Examination of the wreckage indicated the airplane impacted the ground in a level attitude with minimal forward speed. During the examination of the airframe and engine, no anomalies were noted that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane. According to the pilot's logbook, he had logged 2.6 flight hours performing aerobatic maneuvers.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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