Daniel L Patrick KOLB MARK N208NS

Summary

On 20 September 2009 at about 14:40 local time, a Daniel L Patrick KOLB MARK registered N208NS, operated by Daniel L Patrick, was involved in an accident near Mystic, Connecticut, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

20 September 2009 at 14:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Mystic, Connecticut, United States

Nearest airport

Wychwood Field (CT48)

Coordinates

41.4367, -71.9253

Aircraft

Daniel L Patrick KOLB MARK

Registration

N208NS

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Daniel L Patrick

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mystic → Mystic

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA09LA531

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during final approach, resulting in an inadvertent stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of total flight experience.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the sport pilot, he was test flying the experimental airplane in the traffic pattern. While on final approach, with a flap setting of 20 degrees, he increased the flaps to 40 degrees. At that time, the airplane began to stall and he tried to increase engine power. He stated that when the airplane stalled, his airspeed was too slow and he was too low. The left main landing gear contacted the top of some trees and then impacted the ground. The pilot stated that he had about 4 hours in the accident airplane and that he was still test flying it. His total time in make and model was approximately 9 hours and his total pilot time was about 60 hours.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.