McCan VELOX REVOLUTION II N296VX

Summary

On 12 October 2003 at about 21:30 local time, a McCan VELOX REVOLUTION II registered N296VX was involved in an accident near Mooresville, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 October 2003 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Mooresville, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Lake Norman Airpark (14A)

Coordinates

35.6139, -80.9003

Aircraft

McCan VELOX REVOLUTION II

Registration

N296VX

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Other Work Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mooresville → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL04LA014

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision to conduct an aerobatic maneuver at an altitude too low to initiate a recovery.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated he entered a flat spin at 4,000 feet in the vicinity of the airpark. He kept the airplane in the flat spin too long and realized that he had insufficient altitude to recover the airplane before it collided with the ground, and he was too low to bail out. He raised the nose to a vertical attitude and applied full power. The airplane collided with a hangar and a post-crash fire ensued. The pilot reported no mechanical problems with the airplane before the accident. Examination of the airplane revealed no apparent mechanical failures.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.