Golden Circle Air T-BIRD UNREG

Summary

On 21 May 2002 at about 00:30 local time, a Golden Circle Air T-BIRD registered UNREG was involved in an accident near Newellton, Louisiana, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 May 2002 at 00:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Newellton, Louisiana, United States

Coordinates

32.0958, -91.3739

Aircraft

Golden Circle Air T-BIRD

Registration

UNREG

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Newellton → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

FTW02LA157

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane resulting in an inadvertant spin.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The non-certificated pilot of the unregistered airplane was demonstrating stalls to a passenger at an altitude of approximately 400 to 500 feet agl. After completing several power on stalls, he initiated a power off stall, from which recovery was successful. The pilot then performed another power off stall, when the left wing dropped and the airplane started to spin. The pilot released control of the airplane so it would recover on its own. However, the airplane continued in the spin, subsequently impacting an open field in a left wing low, nose down altitude. The pilot stated that as far as he knew the airplane was spin resistant.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.