Moody EASY RISER N87EZ
17 October 2004 · Augusta, Georgia, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 17 October 2004 at about 19:00 local time, a Moody EASY RISER registered N87EZ, operated by John K Moody, was involved in an accident near Augusta, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 19:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Augusta, Georgia, United States
- Nearest airport
- Daniel Field (DNL)
- Coordinates
- 33.4597, -82.0339
- Aircraft
- Moody EASY RISER
- Registration
- N87EZ
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- John K Moody
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Augusta → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ATL05LA005
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin, and subsequent collision with the ground.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
According to witnesses, the pilot was finishing the final demonstration and turning from downwind to left base at approximately 150 feet. The pilot stated that while he was banking the airplane to the left, he lost visual contact with the ground, and stalled the airplane. The airplane collided with the ground on the west end of runway 23. The post-accident examination of the airplane revealed the fuselage was buckled. No flight control or mechanical anomalies were reported by the pilot prior to the accident.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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