Cantlon STARDUSTER TOO SA300 N111LC

Summary

On 7 August 2012 at about 23:45 local time, a Cantlon STARDUSTER TOO SA300 registered N111LC was involved in an accident near Galion, Ohio, 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

7 August 2012 at 23:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Galion, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Galion Municipal Airport (GQQ)

Coordinates

40.7533, -83.7239

Aircraft

Cantlon STARDUSTER TOO SA300

Registration

N111LC

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Galion → Galion

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

CEN12LA538

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control and a proper pitch attitude and airspeed while performing an aborted landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot lost directional control during the landing roll and attempted to abort the landing. However, the airplane would not climb and was flying slower than the pilot thought it should be flying, and the airplane was headed toward the airport hangars south of the runway. The pilot reduced the airplane pitch attitude in order to increase airspeed and turned left to avoid the hangars. The airplane stalled as the pilot attempted to climb the airplane over a power line that was along the flight path. During the aborted landing, the pilot did not fly over the remaining runway, which would have provided obstruction clearance to a safe altitude. Also, flight at slow or near stall speed provides a high drag condition, which results in reduced climb performance.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.