Stolp SA750 N25873

Summary

On 23 June 1983 at about 01:50 local time, a Stolp SA750 registered N25873, operated by Duncan Neil Dickson, was involved in an accident near Harwood, North Dakota, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 June 1983 at 01:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Harwood, North Dakota, United States

Coordinates

46.9792, -96.8692

Aircraft

Stolp SA750

Registration

N25873

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Duncan Neil Dickson

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fargo → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN83FTG01

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN AN INVERTED POSITION IN ABOUT A 30 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED DOING AEROBATICS WITH THE LAST MANEUVER A SPIN. THE ACFT SPUN TO AN OUT OF SIGHT POSITION BEHIND THE TREES AND A CRASH WAS HEARD. THE CFI ON THIS FLT HAD BEEN KNOWN TO PERFORM AEROBATICS IN THIS ACFT AND TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO DO THEM. THE PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION ON THE DAY OF THE FLT HAD BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR AN INSTRUMENT RATING CHECK RIDE. ONE PILOT WHO HAD FLOWN WITH THIS CFI SAID LIMITED AEROBATICS HAD BEEN PERFORMED WITH HIM BUT THE CFI PERFORMED AT A POOR PROFICIENCY LEVEL DURING AEROBATICS. A NOTED AEROBATIC PILOT WHO HAD FLOWN THIS ACFT SAID IT SPUN RELATIVELY FLAT. HE STATED THAT WITHOUT TRAINING MOST PROFESSIONAL AEROBATIC PILOTS WERE UNABLE TO RECOGNIZE EITHER THE DIRECTION OR PROPER PROCEDURE FOR RECOVERY FROM AN INVERTED FLAT SPIN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.