Johnson Kenneth R STOL CH 801 N801KJ

Summary

On 6 November 2016 at about 21:00 local time, a Johnson Kenneth R STOL CH 801 registered N801KJ was involved in an accident near Royalton, Wisconsin, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

6 November 2016 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Royalton, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Northport Airport (38WI)

Coordinates

44.3833, -88.8525

Aircraft

Johnson Kenneth R STOL CH 801

Registration

N801KJ

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Royalton → Royalton

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN17LA037

1 person had minor injuries.

The loss of control during approach for reasons that could not be determined due to postimpact fire damage.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The purpose of the personal flight was to practice stalls in the homebuilt, experimental airplane. The private pilot reported that he practiced several stall maneuvers and that the airplane handled well. After executing a touch-and-go landing, the pilot took off and established the airplane on downwind, about 1,000 ft above ground level, to set up for a full flaps landing. He lowered the flaps and set the engine power to idle. The pilot then discovered that the control stick would move but that he had no control of the airplane. The airplane impacted the ground and was totally consumed by postimpact fire. The pilot did not remember the crash.  He had flown the airplane the day before the accident and did not report any mechanical anomalies. The pilot indicated that he did not believe that the airplane stalled. Due to the extent of the postimpact fire damage, it was not possible to determine any preimpact malfunctions or failures of the engine, flight controls, or flight control surfaces. Thus, the reason for the loss of control could not be determined.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.