Spearman RAPTOR N750TP

Summary

On 12 April 2005 at about 22:46 local time, a Spearman RAPTOR registered N750TP was involved in an accident near Bogalusa, Louisiana, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 April 2005 at 22:46

Classification

Accident

Location

Bogalusa, Louisiana, United States

Nearest airport

George R Carr Memorial Air Fld (BXA)

Coordinates

30.8019, -89.8689

Aircraft

Spearman RAPTOR

Registration

N750TP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Daytona Beach → Bogalusa

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW05LA102

2 people died.

The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane. A contributing factor was the pilot's lack of experience in the make/model airplane.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot lost control of the high performance experimental turbo-prop powered airplane on final approach to the airport. About 1.85 miles from the airport, while at an altitude of 852 feet mean sea level (msl), the pilot began a descending right turn for a straight in approach to runway 36 (a 5,000-foot by 100-foot wide runway). Approximately 1,984 feet from the runway threshold, the airplane impacted terrain in a heavily wooded area, came to rest in an inverted position, and was destroyed by post-impact fire. All major components were accounted for at the scene, but due to fire damage a control continuity check could not be performed. An examination of the engine revealed no mechanical defects or anomalies. The 2,000-hour pilot had accumulated a total time of 3-5 hours in the accident airplane. The airplane was a retractable tricycle geared pressurized low-wing prototype of composite construction and had accrued approximately 60 total flight hours since it was manufactured in 2002. The cockpit contained two seats in a tandem arrangement and was equipped with a dual screen Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS). During the initial flight test program the airplane revealed several hazardous flight characteristics. The airplane's airframe and engine logbooks were not available for review during the course of the investigation so it could not be determined if any modifications were made to the airplane since the initial test flights were concluded in July 2004.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.