St Clair County Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Pell City, Alabama 35128
Friday, March 8, 2002 17:30 CST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

While conducting low pass maneuvers on runway 20. The airplane entered a steep bank and began to spiral towards the ground. Examination of the wreckage site revealed, all flight controls were present at the accident site, and no mechanical or flight control malfunction prior to the accident were reported.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The pilot's failure to maintain flying speed, followed by an inadvertent stall spin, and subsequent collision with terrain.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 3/8/2002
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 1730
Event Time Zone Central Standard Time
Event City Pell City
Event State ALABAMA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 35128
Event Date Year 2002
Event Date Month 3
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? Yes
Event Location Latitude 333353N
Event Location Longitude 0861459W
Event Location Airport ST CLAIR COUNTY
Event Location Nearest Airport ID PLR
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 5
Degrees magnetic from airport 20
Airport Elevation 485
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1753 Central Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 30
Weather Observation Facility ID ANB
Elevation of weather observation facility 612
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 1
Time Zone of the weather observation CST
Lighting Conditions Dusk
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 6500
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Few
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 23
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 8
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 160
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 9
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 15
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.19
Density Altitude (feet) 1258
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Fatal
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal 1
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 12564
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date Mar 8 2002 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1630
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Jan 16 2003 4:27PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Birminham FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N9167C
NTSB Number ATL02LA061
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Moore Sammie
Aircraft Model M-Breezy
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 5001SM
Certified Max Gross Weight 750
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? Yes
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Conditional
Date of Last Inspection Jun 12 2001 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 40
Airframe Hours 3226
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Sammie Moore
Aircraft Owner Street Address 739 Shelton Shores Dr.
Aircraft Owner City Talladega
Aircraft Owner State AL
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 35160
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country --
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code PLR
Departure City PELL CITY
Departure State AL
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1700
Departure Time Zone CST
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code --
Destination City --
Destination State --
Destination Country --
Specific Phase of Flight Climb
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Nov 7 2002 1:46PM
User who most recently changed record POWP
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location 20
Runway Length 5002
Runway Width 80
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --