Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau REMOS GX N28GX

Summary

On 11 March 2016 at about 23:27 local time, a Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau REMOS GX registered N28GX, operated by New Mexico Sport Aviation, LLC, was involved in an accident near Española, New Mexico, 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

11 March 2016 at 23:27

Classification

Accident

Location

Española, New Mexico, United States

Nearest airport

Ohkay Owingeh Airport (E14)

Coordinates

36.0328, -106.0472

Aircraft

Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau REMOS GX

Registration

N28GX

Category

Airplane

Year built

2009

Engines

1

Operator

New Mexico Sport Aviation, LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Española → Santa Fe

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN16FA122

2 people died.

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while operating in the airport traffic pattern, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and experiencing an aerodynamic stall at a low altitude.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot was conducting a personal flight in the airport traffic pattern. A witness reported seeing the single-engine airplane enter left traffic for runway 16 and land. The airplane then made a second takeoff and continued to make left turns. The witness reported that, while airplane was turning from the crosswind leg to the downwind leg, he heard a reduction in engine power and saw the airplane descend toward the ground. Another witness reported that he heard the airplane takeoff from the airport and then saw the airplane make a left turn. He stated that, while the airplane was in the left turn, it pitched nose-down and descended toward the ground. The witness also noted that the airplane's engine sounded normal during the flight. A postaccident examination established that the airplane had impacted the ground in a nose-low attitude and was destroyed by impact and postimpact fire damage. The examination did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane during the flight. Based on the witness descriptions and the impact geometry, it is likely that the pilot did not maintain adequate airspeed during the left turn, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and experiencing an aerodynamic stall at a low altitude.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.