Glasair II FT N350CP

Summary

On 24 June 2022 at about 20:18 local time, a Glasair II FT registered N350CP was involved in an accident near Monee, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

24 June 2022 at 20:18

Classification

Accident

Location

Monee, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

41.3677, -87.7265

Aircraft

Glasair II FT

Registration

N350CP

Category

Airplane

Year built

1997

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lansing → Lansing

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN22LA289

1 person was seriously injured.

The pilot’s in-flight loss of control while practicing aerodynamic stall recoveries.

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

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The pilot was conducting power-off aerodynamic stall recoveries about 3,000 ft mean sea level (msl) at the time of the accident. The first three stall recoveries were unremarkable. However, before the fourth stall, the airplane’s deceleration rate and pitch attitude were greater than the previous three stall entries. The airplane snapped to the left and rolled inverted. It continued to roll and settled into an upright left spin with a relatively flat nose-down pitch attitude between 10° and 20°. Multiple attempts to recover from the spin were not successful. The airplane made about 6 complete rotations before it impacted the terrain. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, the fuselage, and the empennage. The pilot reported no malfunctions or failures associated with the airplane before the accident. He noted that initiating recovery at the first indication of the stall might have prevented the loss of control.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.