Pongracz John M NIEUPORT 1 N112PM

Summary

On 10 August 2009 at about 14:30 local time, a Pongracz John M NIEUPORT 1 registered N112PM was involved in an accident near Brasstown, North Carolina, 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

10 August 2009 at 14:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Brasstown, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Private Strip

Coordinates

35.0447, -83.9500

Aircraft

Pongracz John M NIEUPORT 1

Registration

N112PM

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Brasstown → Brasstown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA09LA454

1 person died.

The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed during climb after takeoff, resulting in an inadvertent stall.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The accident flight was the initial flight of the experimental, amateur-built airplane. Witnesses observed the airplane departing south toward rising terrain. The normal departure procedure for that private grass strip was to depart toward the north, where the terrain descended. The airplane was observed in a normal takeoff roll before becoming airborne and, about 300 feet above the ground, pitching up before coming straight down. The airplane impacted the ground nose first, coming to rest on its back side in a pasture adjacent to the right side of the grass strip. A postcrash fire ensued. The airplane’s engine was heard at full power until impact. The responding Federal Aviation Administration inspector established flight control continuity to all the flight controls. The engine exam did not reveal any discrepancy that would have prevented the engine from producing power.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.