Sessi Midget Mustang SK-1 N202

Summary

On 12 March 2006 at about 23:00 local time, a Sessi Midget Mustang SK-1 registered N202 was involved in an accident near Everett, Washington, 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

12 March 2006 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Everett, Washington, United States

Nearest airport

Snohomish Co (Paine Fld) (PAE)

Coordinates

47.9064, -122.2667

Aircraft

Sessi Midget Mustang SK-1

Registration

N202

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Everett → Caldwell

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA06LA064

Nobody was injured.

The pilot did not abort the takeoff and subsequently did not maintain aircraft control during the initial takeoff climb. The installation of the wrong propeller assembly and inadequate maintenance were factors.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he just purchased this aircraft and this was his first flight in the aircraft to fly it back home to Texas. The pilot stated that during the takeoff roll from runway 34 left, the engine was running smooth. Full throttle was applied and at approximately 70 mph, lift off occurred and the aircraft entered a nose high attitude and began a continuous stall buffet. The pilot pitched the nose down to gain airspeed several times. Each time he pulled the stick back it would stall. The pilot stated that the aircraft attained about 30 to 35 feet above ground level, and while he was scanning the engine instruments, the aircraft drifted to the left of the runway. The pilot applied "hard right aileron to avoid hitting glide slope antenna..." The aircraft stalled and impacted the terrain next to the runway in an uncontrolled attitude with full throttle. The pilot stated that this was also the first flight for this aircraft since a new wood propeller had been put on, after an earlier event prior to the purchase, in which the original propeller had been damaged. The pilot indicated that the wrong pitch and diameter propeller had been used and the aircraft was signed off as airworthy without having been test flown. The propeller blades were destroyed during the crash sequence.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.