Temco GC 1B N2377B
12 April 2017 · Hartsville, Indiana, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 12 April 2017 at about 16:50 local time, a Temco GC 1B registered N2377B was involved in an accident near Hartsville, Indiana, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 16:50
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Hartsville, Indiana, United States
- Nearest airport
- Williams Flying Field Airport (24IN)
- Coordinates
- 39.2364, -85.6931
- Aircraft
- Temco GC 1B
- Registration
- N2377B
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1948
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Hartsville → Shelbyville
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN17FA152
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The pilot's loss of control after exceeding the airplane's critical angle of attack during takeoff, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The accident pilot and a friend flew in the friend's airplane to pick up the accident airplane after recent repairs were completed due to a previous ground loop event in 2016. The accident pilot's friend and the mechanic observed the airplane during the takeoff. The airplane accelerated straight and normal and flew "cleanly" off the turf runway. Shortly after rotation, the airplane rolled left until the airplane impacted trees in a near inverted attitude adjacent to the runway. The mechanic stated that he thought the airplane experienced a departure stall during the takeoff. A postaccident examination of the airframe and engine revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. The witness observations are consistent with the pilot's loss of control after exceeding the airplane's critical angle of attack during takeoff, which resulted in a power-on, aerodynamic departure stall.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Nov 2017 | Temco GC 1B | Pineville, Louisiana, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 28 Jul 2014 | Temco GC 1B | Yulee, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 8 Nov 2020 | Temco GC-1B | Waukegan, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 29 Apr 2012 | Temco GC-1B | Dayton, Tennessee, United States | Andreas Montgomery | Minor injuries | - |
| 2 Oct 2011 | Temco GC-1B | Ewell, Maryland, United States | Ross Lanson C | Fatal | 1 |
| 3 Jun 2023 | Temco GC-1B | Bristow, Oklahoma, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
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