Accident · 2005-05-08

NTSB case IAD05LA061 · Schneidhorst Slingshot · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2005-05-08
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: Schneidhorst Slingshot (NUNREG)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, resulting in an inadvertent stall. A factor to the accident was the overheating of the powerplant which resulted in a partial loss of engine power.

Source: NTSB case IAD05LA061

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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