Flynn William PAZMANY PL-4 N640F

Summary

On 15 October 2006 at about 22:00 local time, a Flynn William PAZMANY PL-4 registered N640F was involved in an accident near Fredricksburg, Virginia, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

15 October 2006 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Fredricksburg, Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Shannon Airport (EZF)

Coordinates

38.2667, -77.4492

Aircraft

Flynn William PAZMANY PL-4

Registration

N640F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fredricksburg → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC07LA008

1 person died.

The pilot's intentional low altitude maneuvering, which resulted in an inadvertent collision with terrain.

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Read the full NTSB narrative

Witnesses observed the accident airplane as it operated in the airport traffic pattern. While performing "touch-and-go" landings, the pilot landed the airplane near the approach end of the runway, and then took off again. The airplane then accelerated while flying at a low altitude over the runway. Near the end of the runway the airplane pitched up, climbed, leveled at 500 feet, and repeated the maneuver. During a subsequent pass, the airplane approached the runway low and fast. At the departure end of the runway the airplane pitched up into a near-vertical climb, before it "stopped in the air for a moment," and yawed left until the nose was pointing straight toward the ground. The airplane descended vertically and subsequently impacted the ground in a nose-down attitude. Examination of the wreckage did not reveal any evidence consistent with a preimpact mechanical failure or malfunction. The airplane's experimental operating limitations stated, "This aircraft is prohibited from acrobatic flight; that is, an intentional maneuver involving an abrupt change in the aircraft's attitude, an abnormal attitude, or abnormal acceleration not necessary for normal flight."

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