Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 11:12:39 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [63.150.227.63] (HELO admsmxs2usr10.ad.jocoks.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b4) with ESMTP id 123617 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 04 Jun 2004 09:39:27 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6487.1 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: [LML] Details on Grand Canyon IV-P Accident X-Original-Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 08:38:57 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <4B9B1B1833408C40AE2F14A881F276F602474EC4@admsmxs2usr10.ad.jocoks.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [LML] Details on Grand Canyon IV-P Accident Thread-Index: AcRKOUkjWbOw8B2KRjaNRCc2n89Dlw== From: "Metcalfe, Lee, AIR" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" NTSB has finally posted some details on the Grand Canyon accident. Looks like another stall/spin... NTSB Identification: LAX04LA213 14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation Accident occurred Saturday, May 15, 2004 in Supai, AZ Aircraft: Bachman Lancair IV P, registration: N299SD Injuries: 4 Fatal. This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. On May 15, 2004, at 1700 mountain standard time, an experimental amateur built Bachman Lancair IV P airplane, N299SD, was destroyed when it impacted terrain in the Grand Canyon near Supai, Arizona. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot. The private pilot and his three passengers sustained fatal injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. The local flight departed the North Las Vegas Airport, North Las Vegas, Nevada, at an unknown time.=20 According to preliminary information provided by the Federal Aviation Administration, the pilot contacted air traffic control and requested flight following. The aircraft was radar contacted and flight following was issued. Air traffic controllers reported losing radar contact with the airplane at 16,500 feet msl at 1658. No distress calls were obtained from the pilot. Witnesses located within the Grand Canyon National Park told park rangers they observed the airplane descending at a nose-low pitch attitude, and "spinning or moving in some strange way" before impacting terrain and catching fire. According to one witness, he heard the engine "gear up then slow down repeatedly." Another witness reported hearing the "engine revving at a high rate of speed." The accident site was located on the south rim of the Grand Canyon at a latitude and longitude of 36 degrees 11 minutes 05 seconds north and 113 degrees 02 minutes 38 seconds west, respectively. Photographs taken at the accident site revealed the airplane was severely fragmented and sustained fire damage throughout its entirety.=20