Shpakow Thomas SA 750 N28KT

Summary

On 14 August 2010 at about 17:00 local time, a Shpakow Thomas SA 750 registered N28KT was involved in an accident near Brighton, Colorado, United States. 2 people were 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

14 August 2010 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Brighton, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Brighton Van-Aire Estates Airp (CO12)

Coordinates

39.9828, -104.7044

Aircraft

Shpakow Thomas SA 750

Registration

N28KT

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Centennial → Brighton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN10LA487

Nobody was injured.

The radio-controlled airplane operator’s decision to maneuver his airplane outside of the designated operating area, resulting in a collision with a bi-plane. Contributing to the accident was the lack of a formally designated spotter.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

During a local fly-in event, a radio controlled airplane collided with a bi-plane while the bi-plane was performing a go-around. The radio controlled airplane was performing a hover maneuver just prior to the collision and initiated an escape maneuver which placed the radio controlled airplane right into the flight path of the bi-plane. The bi-plane sustained substantial damage, but was able to land without further incident. The radio controlled airplane was destroyed. Prior to the event, the event coordinator briefed the participants that they were to operate their radio controlled airplanes to the east of the runway, and not directly in the runway environment. While the event coordinator was monitoring the radio for traffic, it was not clearly communicated who, if anyone, was providing spotter duties for the radio controlled airplane operator prior to the collision.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.