Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary LAX84LA298

RAMONA, CA, USA

Aircraft #1

N4772K

CESSNA P210N

Analysis

AS PART OF AN EXPERIMENTAL TEST FLT IN THE TURBINE POWERED ACFT, INTENTIONAL SPINS WERE PERFORMED. THE PLANNED ONE TURN SPIN EVOLVED INTO A FLAT SPIN. RECOVERY PROCEDURES WERE INEFFECTIVE AND THE PLT ELECTED TO DEPLOY THE ANTI-SPIN PARACHUTE. DESPITE REPEATED EFFORTS BY THE PILOT, THE ANTI-SPIN PARACHUTE WOULD NOT OPEN. DESCENDING OUT OF CONTROL THROUGH 7000 FT, THE PLT SUCCESSFULLY EGRESSED FROM THE ACFT & PARACHUTED SAFELY TO THE GROUND.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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