Neyman-Pietenpol GN-2 N13708

Summary

On 25 July 1985 at about 14:20 local time, a Neyman-Pietenpol GN-2 registered N13708 was involved in an accident near Brodhead, Wisconsin, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 July 1985 at 14:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Brodhead, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Brodhead (C37)

Coordinates

42.6094, -89.3698

Aircraft

Neyman-Pietenpol GN-2

Registration

N13708

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI85FEP02

1 person was seriously injured.

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 WAS OBSERVED MAKING STEEP TURNS AT ABOUT 500 FT AGL JUST PRIOR TO THE ACDNT. ONE WITNESS STATED THAT THE AIRSPEED WAS DECAYING DURING THESE TURNS & THE ACFT STALLED WHILE IN A STEEP BANK. REPORTEDLY, THE ACFT BEGAN SPINNING, THEN THE PLT STOPPED THE SPIN & WAS RECOVERING IN A WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE WHEN THE PLANE COLLIDED WITH TREES. THE ENG WAS AT FULL POWER WHEN THE ACFT CONTACTED THE TREES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.