Aircraft Mfg & CH750 STOL N799US

Summary

On 10 August 2011 at about 15:30 local time, a Aircraft Mfg & CH750 STOL registered N799US, operated by Buzz Air Flight Academy LLC, was involved in an accident near New Washoe City, Nevada, 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

10 August 2011 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

New Washoe City, Nevada, United States

Nearest airport

None (NONE)

Coordinates

39.2525, -119.7689

Aircraft

Aircraft Mfg & CH750 STOL

Registration

N799US

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Buzz Air Flight Academy LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Carson Airport → Carson Airport

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR11CA360

Nobody was injured.

The pilot under instruction's control interference and the CFI's inadequate supervision of the flight.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot under instruction (PUI) and certified flight instructor (CFI) were practicing slow flight at approximately 200 feet above ground level when the CFI noticed that the airplane was sinking and the airspeed was low. He instructed the PUI to add power in order to maintain altitude; the PUI did, but the airplane continued to sink. The CFI then added more power and pitched the nose up in an attempt to gain altitude and arrest the sink, but in response, the PUI pushed the nose down and the airplane made an inadvertent landing, bouncing twice and coming to rest inverted. The airplane's firewall and vertical stabilizer were substantially damaged. The CFI reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operations.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.