Kreling SUPERCAT UNREG

Summary

On 9 October 2018 at about 23:04 local time, a Kreling SUPERCAT registered UNREG was involved in an accident near Three Rivers, Michigan, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

9 October 2018 at 23:04

Classification

Accident

Location

Three Rivers, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Three Rivers Muni Dr Haines (HAI)

Coordinates

41.9611, -85.5861

Aircraft

Kreling SUPERCAT

Registration

UNREG

Category

Airplane

Year built

2018

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Three Rivers → Three Rivers

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR19TA009

1 person was seriously injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain the proper pitch attitude and adequate airspeed 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 private pilot reported that he had just completed constructing the unregistered experimental, amateur-built airplane, and during takeoff for the airplane's first flight from the grass airstrip, he failed to maintain the proper pitch attitude and adequate airspeed, and the airplane experienced an aerodynamic stall. The airplane struck the ground nose down just beyond the end of the runway, which resulted in substantial damage to the forward fuselage. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.