Air Creation CLIPPER 912 UNREG

Summary

On 7 February 2005 at about 20:45 local time, a Air Creation CLIPPER 912 registered UNREG was involved in an accident near Woodbine, New Jersey, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

7 February 2005 at 20:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Woodbine, New Jersey, United States

Nearest airport

Woodbine Municipal Airport (1N4)

Coordinates

39.2283, -74.8011

Aircraft

Air Creation CLIPPER 912

Registration

UNREG

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Woodbine → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

IAD05LA039

2 people died.

The student's failure to maintain control of the airplane, and the flight instructor's inadequate remedial action, which resulted in an uncontrolled descent into terrain.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The non-certified flight instructor and non-certified student pilot/owner were observed flying the non-registered airplane in the traffic pattern. While on the downwind leg, at a point abeam the runway threshold, the airplane began flying "very erratically." During a period of about 25 seconds, the airplane appeared to dive and bank, at bank angles reaching about 80 - 100 degrees. The airplane appeared to regain slight control, then entered a spiral and descended to the ground near vertically. A post accident examination of the fully functional dual flight controls revealed no evidence of any pre-impact failure.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.