Moravan ZLIN 526F N526GC

Summary

On 2 July 2001 at about 22:00 local time, a Moravan ZLIN 526F registered N526GC was involved in an accident near Queen Anne, Maryland, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, 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

2 July 2001 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Queen Anne, Maryland, United States

Coordinates

38.9283, -75.9997

Aircraft

Moravan ZLIN 526F

Registration

N526GC

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Easton → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

NYC01FA158

1 person died.

The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during an aerobatic maneuver, which resulted in an inadvertent inverted spin.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot and passenger departed on a local aerobatic flight. A few minutes after becoming airborne, the airplane entered a local aerobatic training area. After completing several aerobatic maneuvers, including an immelmann, the pilot attempted a second immelmann. The pilot entered the maneuver, and the airplane climbed about 1,000 feet before completing the course reversal. While the airplane was at the top of the maneuver and inverted, the pilot applied right stick to roll the airplane to the upright position. As the airplane started to roll, the nose began "creeping" right, and then suddenly the airplane entered an inverted spin. The passenger bailed out, but the pilot remained with the airplane until impact. The pilot had approximately 7,000 hours of flight experience, and was actively flying aerobatics. No pre-impact failures or malfunctions were identified with either the engine or the airframe.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.