Wolfe PULSAR 582 N177TW

Summary

On 6 June 1998 at about 21:33 local time, a Wolfe PULSAR 582 registered N177TW was involved in an accident near Greenfield, Indiana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

6 June 1998 at 21:33

Classification

Accident

Location

Greenfield, Indiana, United States

Nearest airport

Mount Comfort (MQJ)

Coordinates

39.7902, -85.7693

Aircraft

Wolfe PULSAR 582

Registration

N177TW

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

New Castle → Mount Comfort

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI98LA197

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's failure to obtain control of the aircraft during the recovery from a stall. Factors associated with the accident were the intentional stall initiated and the low altitude which did not allow a full recovery from the stall condition.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was practicing power on stalls at 1,800 feet agl when the nose of the airplane fell through the straight vertical. He reported that he pulled back on the control yoke in an attempt to recover instead of pushing forward. He reported the airplane was beginning to recover; however, he determined that he could not completely recover prior to impacting the terrain so he deployed the ballistic recovery system on the airplane. The airplane impacted the terrain in a nose low attitude and slid approximately 200 feet prior to the pilot being able to manually deflate the parachute.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.