Comp Air CA-8 crash, Jul 19, 2010 (1 killed), Mount Pleasant
Comp Air CA-8 accident on July 19, 2010 near Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot failed to retrim the...
- Date: July 19, 2010
- Aircraft: Comp Air CA-8
- Location: Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot failed to retrim the aircraft and maintain control during the aborted landing, causing an inadvertent stall. His lack of experience in the type was a contributing factor.
An amateur-built Comp Air 8 turboprop on a positioning flight touched down right of the runway centreline at Mount Pleasant and left the runway. The pilot applied power for an aborted landing, but the aircraft lifted off steeply, stalled and crashed, and a post-crash fire consumed most of the wreckage. The pilot, who had about five hours in this type, was killed.