Henry J Camacho SEAHAWK N5857X

Summary

On 8 June 1993 at about 23:00 local time, a Henry J Camacho SEAHAWK registered N5857X, operated by Henry J. Camacho, was involved in an accident near Orange, Massachusetts, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

8 June 1993 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Orange, Massachusetts, United States

Nearest airport

Orange Muni (ORE)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Henry J Camacho SEAHAWK

Registration

N5857X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Henry J. Camacho

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC93LA106

1 person was seriously injured.

The pilot's excessive rotation and failure to obtain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall and inflight collision with the terrain. A factor was the pilot's inexperience in the type aircraft.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT WAS CONDUCTING THE INITIAL TEST FLIGHT IN AN EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE HE HAD BUILT. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, DURING THE TAKEOFF, THE AIRPLANE LIFTED OFF, DESCENDED, BOUNCED ON THE RUNWAY AND THEN BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN. THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED TO A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE, ROLLED LEFT, DESCENDED AND IMPACTED ON THE RUNWAY, WHERE IT CAME TO REST INVERTED, OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNAY. THE PILOT HAD NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN TYPE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.