Just JA30 SUPERSTOL N825PW

Summary

On 6 May 2019 at about 13:29 local time, a Just JA30 SUPERSTOL registered N825PW was involved in an accident near Chelan, Washington, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

6 May 2019 at 13:29

Classification

Accident

Location

Chelan, Washington, United States

Nearest airport

Lake Chelan Airport (S10)

Coordinates

47.8665, -119.9417

Aircraft

Just JA30 SUPERSTOL

Registration

N825PW

Category

Airplane

Year built

2014

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR19FA133

1 person died.

The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during the initial climb after takeoff, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and spin.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was conducting a local flight. An airport surveillance camera captured the accident airplane departing from the runway and entering a nose high left turn. Shortly thereafter, the airplane's bank angle decreased, and its left yaw increased, and the airplane began to descend. A few seconds later, the airplane banked to the left, and entered a nose-low attitude just before impact with the ground. Examination of the engine and the airframe revealed no preaccident anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. It is likely that the pilot exceeded the airplane's critical angle of attack during the initial climb, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and spin at an altitude too low to recover.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.