Supinski Mark R SUPINSKI MUSTANG II N512SR

Summary

On 17 May 2010 at about 17:35 local time, a Supinski Mark R SUPINSKI MUSTANG II registered N512SR, operated by Meadow Lake Fliers LLC, was involved in an accident near Peyton, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

17 May 2010 at 17:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Peyton, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Meadow Lake Airport (00V)

Coordinates

38.9456, -104.5697

Aircraft

Supinski Mark R SUPINSKI MUSTANG II

Registration

N512SR

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Meadow Lake Fliers LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Flight Test

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Peyton → Peyton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN10LA255

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s lack of experience flying tailwheel configured airplanes.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was performing a Phase I test flight in the experimental, tailwheel-configured airplane. The pilot elected to perform a full-stop landing after experiencing and correcting a rough running engine in the traffic pattern. During landing, the airplane touched down on the main landing gear, bounced and yawed left. The pilot added power and corrected back to centerline. The airplane then became airborne and entered an uncontrollable left turn until the airplane impacted the ground and caught on fire. Examination of the airplane did not reveal any anomalies which could have caused the loss of control. A review of the pilot’s flight experience revealed that he had 6.6 hours in tailwheel-configured airplanes.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.