Mon, May 03, 2004
Pilot Was Hot-Dogging Just Before Take-Off?
From the NTSB:
On April 19, 2004, at 1400 Eastern Daylight Time, a Cirrus SR20,
N8157J, registered to Attic Aircraft Leasing LLC and operated by
Aero Atlantic Flight Center, as a 14 CFR Part 91 business flight,
collided with trees and ground after departing Greenwood Airport
Greenwood, South Carolina. Visual meteorological conditions
prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed
and a post crash fire ensued. The private pilot and three
passengers received fatal injuries. The flight originated from the
Greenwood Airport on April 19, 2004, at 1400.
A private pilot stated he was on a cross-country flight from
Dover AFB to Eglin AFB and he had stopped at Greenwood, South
Carolina for fuel. He observed the accident airplane taxi out and
depart from runway 27. The takeoff roll was long and the airplane
lifted off the ground in "ground effect." He believed the pilot was
"showing off," and thought the airplane was going to collide with
the trees off the departure end of the runway. The nose of the
airplane was observed to "pitch straight up and the airplane
stalled". The left wing dropped and the airplane spiraled down to
the left in a nose down attitude until it disappeared from view. He
heard an impact sound and then observed black smoke come up above
the trees.
An airframe and power plant mechanic located at the Greenwood
Airport stated that he observed the accident airplane taxi to
runway 27 with both doors open and the flaps in the retract
position. The airplane was observed to taxi onto the active runway
and depart without conducting an engine run-up.
Another witness stated he was playing golf at a local golf
course located off the departure end of runway 27 at the Greenwood
Airport. He heard the sound of an airplane engine sputtering; he
looked in the direction of the sound and observed the airplane
spinning to the ground in a nose down attitude to the left. The
airplane made about two to three turns to the left before it
collided with trees and the ground, and burst into flames. He
immediately telephoned the 911 emergency operator and reported the
accident.
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