Aero Commander 100-180 N3727X
13 August 2022 · Pueblo, Colorado, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 13 August 2022 at about 14:08 local time, a Aero Commander 100-180 registered N3727X was involved in an accident near Pueblo, Colorado, United States. 2 people were 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.
The record
- Date
- at 14:08
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Pueblo, Colorado, United States
- Nearest airport
- Pueblo Memorial (KPUB)
- Coordinates
- 38.2864, -104.5053
- Aircraft
- Aero Commander 100-180
- Registration
- N3727X
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1968
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN22LA390
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The flight instructor’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the demonstrated soft-field takeoff, which led to the airplane exceeding its critical angle-of-attack and experiencing an aerodynamic stall.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The student pilot reported that the flight instructor was attempting to demonstrate a soft-field takeoff with 10° of flaps after having completed a short field landing. The flight instructor had the student pilot “follow along on the controls” during the demonstration. After takeoff and while in ground effect, the stall warning horn sounded, and the airplane drifted to the right. Unable to gain airspeed by pitching the nose down due to their low altitude, the flight instructor instructed the student pilot to retract the flaps to 0°. The student pilot reported that immediately following the flap retraction, the airplane stalled to the left and impacted terrain. The airplane sustained substantial damage to left elevator. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2022 | Aero Commander 100 | New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 9 Oct 2021 | Aero Commander 100 | Carinthia, Austria | - | Unknown | - |
| 18 Dec 2023 | Aero Commander 100 | Texarkana, Arkansas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 4 Jan 2020 | Aero Commander 100 | Mullin, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Oct 2020 | Aero Commander 100 | Citra, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
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