Jan 14, 2024
Accident
Substantial Leyden, MA
Injuries3 fatal
Phase of Flight-
ConditionsVMC
OperationFAR 091
Probable Cause
The flight instructor’s failure to maintain airplane control during a stall, which resulted in an inadvertent spin from which the airplane was not recovered. Contributing to the accident were the overall effect of the flight instructor’s use of multiple central nervous system depressants, the associated underlying conditions they treated, or both.
NTSB ERA24FA088