Air Creation CLIPPER N614LF

Summary

On 19 January 2008 at about 17:00 local time, a Air Creation CLIPPER registered N614LF was involved in an accident near Green Valley, Arizona, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

19 January 2008 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Green Valley, Arizona, United States

Coordinates

31.9406, -111.0817

Aircraft

Air Creation CLIPPER

Registration

N614LF

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Green Valley → Green Valley

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX08LA050

2 people died.

An in-flight loss of control and an uncontrolled descent into terrain for undetermined reasons.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor and his new student pilot departed in the student's experimental weight-shift-control aircraft (trike) for a local area instructional flight on a day with calm winds. No witnesses reported observing the trike after it took off, and the trike's route of flight was not determined. The trike impacted the desert in a nose-down attitude, without disturbing surrounding vegetation. The preimpact integrity of the trike's flight control system was confirmed, with no evidence of incorrect assembly. No evidence of any preimpact mechanical malfunction was found with the engine or propeller assembly. No evidence of ethanol or drugs was found in either pilot. Autopsies revealed that both pilots sustained injuries consistent with a rapid-deceleration-type impact. The reason for the trike's departure from controlled flight and uncontrolled descent was not determined.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.