Accident · 2007-07-18
What the record says
- Event date
- 2007-07-18
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Phantom Sport Airplane XI (NUNREG)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- Bill L. Gildersleeve Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Bill L. Gildersleeve
Probable cause
The failure of the unqualified person (pilot) to maintain airspeed during the initial climb, resulting in an inadvertent stall, uncontrolled descent, and in-flight collision with a residence.
Source: NTSB case MIA07CA126Flight 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.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.