Harms Robert M KIT FOX SE N40120
2 June 2008 · La Porte, Texas, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 2 June 2008 at about 19:12 local time, a Harms Robert M KIT FOX SE registered N40120, operated by Harms Robert M Trustee, was involved in an accident near La Porte, Texas, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 19:12
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- La Porte, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- La Porte Municipal Airport (T41)
- Coordinates
- 29.6700, -95.0633
- Aircraft
- Harms Robert M KIT FOX SE
- Registration
- N40120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Harms Robert M Trustee
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- La Porte → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- NTSB number
- DEN08LA098
People
2 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while maneuvering, resulting in an aerodynamic stall and uncontrolled descent.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot was flying the experimental homebuilt airplane with a potential buyer for the airplane who was a pilot-rated passenger. The pilot had flown the airplane 45 minutes the morning of the accident, but had not flown the airplane for the year preceding the accident. The pilot-rated passenger had no experience in the airplane. After 10 to 15 minutes of flight, witnesses observed the airplane making a climbing left turn about 1,000 feet in the air when the airplane suddenly nosed over near vertical, consistent with an aerodynamic stall. The airplane impacted an open field at a near 45-degree angle and burned in a postimpact fire. Examination of the aircraft did not reveal any preimpact anomalies.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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